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scram | trip |

As nouns the difference between scram and trip

is that scram is the emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor, originally specifically by insertion of one or more safety control rods while trip is trip.

scram

English

Etymology 1

Attested since 1928“ scram” in the Online Etymology Dictionary , © November 2001 Douglas Harper , originally as U.S. slang; either: * formed by abbreviation of scramble by apocope; or * from dialect (etyl) schramm, imperative singular form of .

Verb

(scramm)
  • Get out of here; go away (frequently imperative).
    • If you don't scram , I'll leave instead!
    Synonyms
    * See also

    See also

    * amscray

    Etymology 2

    Back-formation from (SCRAM); most etymologies are backronyms.

    Verb

  • (ambitransitive) To abruptly insert the control rods of a nuclear reactor, usually in case of emergency shutdown.
  • * 1983 , Michio Kaku & Jennifer Trainer (eds.), Nuclear Power: Both Sides , p. 22,
    • The slightest problem in a reactor will cause the control rods to plunge automatically in the uranium core at hih speeds (this is called scramming the reactor) and stop the chain reaction.
  • * 1999 , Charles Perrow, Normal Accidents: Living with High-risk Technologies , p. 44,
    • This shut off current to the control rod mechanism, and the reactor scrammed (shut off) automatically.
  • * 2000 , Ralph R. Fullwood, Probabilistic Safety Assessment in the Chemical and Nuclear Industries , Elsevier, page 218
    • Both active and manual methods scram' by tripping power to a dedicated pump that unbalances the flows to the (SIC) passively ' scram the reactor.
  • * 2007 , Samuel Upton Newtan, Nuclear War I and Other Major Nuclear Disasters of the 20th Century , p. 113,
    • The reactor was then "scramed ", but the control rods did not slide back into the reactor.

    Noun

    (-)
  • A rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor

    • Etymology 3

    Etymology unknown.

    Verb

    (scramm)
  • (Wales) with claws or fingernails.
  • * 1996–2014 , “ A Dictionary of Slang]”, [http://web.archive.org/web/20130830021725/http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/s.htm archived on 30 August 2013, accessed on 19 March 2014:
    • Verb. ... 2. To scratch, with claws or fingernails. E.g. "It's my own fault the cat scrammed me, I was teasing it." [South Wales use]
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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Wales) A , especially caused by claws or fingernails.
  • * 1996–2014 , “ A Dictionary of Slang]”, [http://web.archive.org/web/20130830021725/http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/s.htm archived on 30 August 2013, accessed on 19 March 2014:
    • Noun. ... 2. A scratch. [South Wales use]

    References

    Anagrams

    * * marcs

    trip

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
  • * (Alexander Pope)
    • I took a trip to London on the death of the queen.
  • *
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  • A stumble or misstep.
  • (figurative) An error; a failure; a mistake.
  • * (John Milton)
    • Imperfect words, with childish trips .
  • * Harte
    • Each seeming trip , and each digressive start.
  • A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
  • A faux pas, a social error.
  • Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
  • (engineering) A mechanical or electrical cutout device.
  • A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
  • * Sir (Walter Scott)
    • His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door.
  • (obsolete) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
  • * (Geoffrey Chaucer)
    • A trip of cheese.
  • The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
  • * (John Dryden)
    • And watches with a trip his foe to foil.
  • * South
    • It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground.
  • (nautical) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
  • (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
  • (obsolete) A troop of men; a host.
    • (Robert of Brunne)
  • A flock of wigeons.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Derived terms

    * bad trip * boat trip * business trip * day trip * ego trip * fam trip * field trip * guilt trip * head trip * power trip * road trip * round trip * trip down memory lane * trip hop * trippy * trip to the woodshed

    Verb

  • To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot.
    • Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.
  • To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble.
    • A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.
  • * 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
    • Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some overhanging branch.
  • To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc.
  • * John Locke
    • till his tongue trip
  • * South
    • A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble.
  • * Dryden
    • Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to trip , but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure.
  • (obsolete) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
  • * Shakespeare
    • These her women can trip me if I err.
  • To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
    • When we get into the factory, trip the lights.
  • To be activated, as by a signal or an event.
    • The alarm system tripped , throwing everyone into a panic.
  • To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
    • After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.
  • To journey, to make a trip.
    • Last summer we tripped to the coast.
  • (dated) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.
  • * Milton
    • Come, and trip it, as you go, / On the light fantastic toe.
  • * Dryden
    • She bounded by, and tripped so light / They had not time to take a steady sight.
  • (nautical) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
  • (nautical) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.

    • Derived terms

    * trip out * trip over * tripper * trip the light fantastic * trip up * tripwire

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (poker slang) Of or relating to .
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