English Explanatory Dictionary

Bussard ramjet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Bussard ramjet Bussard ramjets

Etymology

From Bussard + ramjet, after Robert W. Bussard.

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