Scramjet is a derived term of ramjet.
Scramjet is a related term of ramjet.
In aviation terms the difference between ramjet and scramjet
is that ramjet is a jet engine in which forward motion forces air into an inlet, compressing it (as opposed to having a pump type device compressing the air for combustion with fuel), and where combustion is subsonic while scramjet is a jet engine capable of propelling an aircraft at hypersonic speeds; combustion of the fuel/air mixture occurs at supersonic speeds.
ramjet
English
Noun
(
wikipedia ramjet)
(
en noun)
(aviation) A jet engine in which forward motion forces air into an inlet, compressing it (as opposed to having a pump type device compressing the air for combustion with fuel), and where combustion is subsonic.
Derived terms
* scramjet
* Bussard ramjet
Related terms
* jet engine
* pulsejet
* turbojet
scramjet
Noun
(
en noun)
(aviation) A jet engine capable of propelling an aircraft at hypersonic speeds; combustion of the fuel/air mixture occurs at supersonic speeds
Related terms
* pulsejet
* turbojet
* ramjet
* jet