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   scram

   /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"
   • ▪ (of a nuclear reactor) shut down in an emergency: "the reactor scrammed unexpectedly after an electrical malfunction"

   noun

   • 1. an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor: "the power plant was cited for its high rate of scrams over the past year"

   Word Origin early 20th century: probably from the verb scramble.

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   What does Scram mean?

   • SCRAM definition: 1. to go away quickly: 2. to go away quickly: 3. to leave quickly; get away: . Learn more.

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   What is a SCRAM in physics?

   • Go on, scram! You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: We’d better scram! It is this output fraction which remains when the reactor is suddenly shut down (undergoes scram). This caused an immediate reactor scram, resulting in a loss of propulsion.

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   What does scrammed mean?

   • v.i. scrammed, scram•ming. Informal. to go away; get out (usu. used imperatively). n. the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

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   What does scramble mean?

   • 1. To leave a scene at once; go abruptly. 2. To shut down automatically. Used of a nuclear reactor. n. A rapid shutting down of a nuclear reactor, especially in an emergency. [Perhaps short for scramble.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   What is a SCRAM in a nuclear reactor?

   • In any reactor, a scram is achieved by inserting large amounts of negative reactivity mass into the midst of the fissile material, to immediately terminate the fission reaction.

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   Where did Scram come from?

   • There is no definitive origin for the term. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission historian Tom Wellock notes that scram is English-language slang for leaving quickly and urgently, and he cites this as the original and most likely accurate basis for the use of scram in the technical context. [ 1 ]

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSCRAM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   scram | American Dictionary. verb [ I ] infml us / skræm / -mm- Add to word list. to leave quickly; get away: We’d better scram! (Definition of scram from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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     SCRAM meaning: 1. to go away quickly: 2. to go away quickly:...

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     SCRAM translate: 快速离去，走开. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     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...

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   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 initiates the shutdown.

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   Scram definition: to go away; get out (usually used as a command). See examples of SCRAM used in a sentence.

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   noun. : a rapid emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor. Examples of scram in a Sentence. Verb The vandals scrammed before the police could arrive. Recent Examples on the Web. Verb.

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   scram in British English. (skræm ) noun. 1. an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor. verb. 2. (of a nuclear reactor) to shut down or be shut down in an emergency. Collins English Dictionary.

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   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 shutting down of a nuclear reactor, especially in an emergency. [Perhaps short for scramble.]

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   scram meaning, definition, what is scram: to leave a place very quickly, especiall...: Learn more.