scramjetn.
/ˈskramdʒɛt/ Aeronautics.
A ramjet in which combustion takes place in a stream of gas moving at supersonic speed.
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1966 New Scientist 19 May 429 (caption) Supersonic combustion ramjets (‘scramjets’) theoretically could extend flight speeds to at least Mach 14.
1972 D. G. Shepherd Aerospace Propulsion iv. 110 There is considerable interest in supersonic combustion as this is the key to the scramjet.
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