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- Dictionaryscram/skram/
verb
- 1. leave or go away from a place quickly: "get out of here, you miserable wretches—scram!"
- 2. shut down (a nuclear reactor) in an emergency: "when the power is cut off, the unit will automatically scram the reactor"
noun
- 1. an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor: "the power plant was cited for its high rate of scrams over the past year"
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SCRAM definition: 1. to go away quickly: 2. to go away quickly: 3. to leave quickly; get away: . Learn more.
- English (US)
SCRAM meaning: 1. to go away quickly: 2. to go away quickly:...
- Simplified
SCRAM translate: 快速离去,走开. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Traditional
SCRAM translate: 快速離去,走開. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Znaczenie Scram, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
scram definicja: 1. to go away quickly: 2. to go away...
- Scrambled
SCRAMBLED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of...
- English (US)
Scram definition: to go away; get out (usually used as a command). See examples of SCRAM used in a sentence.
Scram. SCRAM button at the Experimental Breeder Reactor I in Idaho. Sometimes the switch will have a flip cover to prevent inadvertent operation. A scram or SCRAM is an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor effected by immediately terminating the fission reaction. It is also the name that is given to the manually operated kill switch that ...
3 meanings: informal to go away hastily; get out 1. an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor 2. (of a nuclear reactor) to.... Click for more definitions.
scram: [noun] a rapid emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
scram (skrăm) Slang intr.v. scrammed, scram·ming, scrams 1. To leave a scene at once; go abruptly. 2. To shut down automatically. Used of a nuclear reactor. n. A rapid ...
scram: 1 v leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form “ Scram !” Synonyms: buzz off , get Type of: go away , go forth , leave go away from a place