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Bussard ramjet

Bussard ramjet noun: a fusion rocket that gathers fuel from the interstellar medium through attraction via a magnetic field, akin to a regular ramjet.

bussard ramjet: a fusion rocket that gathers fuel from the interstellar medium through attraction via a magnetic...
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Noun

Bussard ramjet (plural Bussard ramjets)

  1. A fusion rocket that gathers fuel from the interstellar medium through attraction via a magnetic field, akin to a regular ramjet.

Forms of Bussard ramjet

pluralBussard ramjets

Origin of Bussard ramjet

From Bussard + ramjet, after Robert W. Bussard.

Questions about Bussard ramjet

What does Bussard ramjet mean?
Bussard ramjet means a fusion rocket that gathers fuel from the interstellar medium through attraction via a magnetic field, akin to a regular ramjet.
What part of speech is Bussard ramjet?
Bussard ramjet is a noun.
What is the plural of Bussard ramjet?
The plural of Bussard ramjet is Bussard ramjets.

Words near Bussard ramjet in the dictionary

  1. buss it down
  2. buss-down
  3. buss-downs
  4. buss-up-shut
  5. bussar
  6. Bussard ramjet
  7. Bussard ramjets
  8. bussars
  9. bussdown
  10. bussdowns
  11. Busse

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