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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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to leave quickly; get away: We’d better scram! (Definition of scram from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of scram.
Scram definition: to go away; get out (usually used as a command). See examples of SCRAM used in a sentence.
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.
Definitions of scram. verb. leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form. “ Scram !” synonyms: buzz off, get. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Scram." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/scram. Accessed 02 Jul. 2024. Copy citation. VocabTrainer™.
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. As of now, one man sits on a small dock off each island, telling onlookers to scram.
to leave quickly; get away: We’d better scram! (Definition of scram from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of scram.
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. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin.
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.
Definition of scram verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Originally an acronym for Safety Control Rod Axe Man, a term used to refer to the person assigned to the duty of dropping the boron control rods into the "pile" at the University of Chicago in case of emergency.
