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Ramjet vs Turboramjet - What's the difference?

ramjet | turboramjet |

As nouns the difference between ramjet and turboramjet

is that ramjet is (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 while turboramjet is an aircraft engine that is a hybrid of a ramjet and turbofan.

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

    turboramjet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An aircraft engine that is a hybrid of a ramjet and turbofan.