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RAM

noun
/ɹæm/

Etymology

From Middle English ram, rom, ramme, from Old English ramm (“ram”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“ram”), possibly from *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rom (“ram”), Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), German Ramm, Ramme (“ram”). Possibly akin also to Danish ram (“sharp; acrid; rank”), Swedish ram (“strong; perfect”), Faroese ramur (“strong; competent”), Icelandic rammur (“strong; sturdy”).

  1. inherited from *rammaz✻
  2. inherited from ramm
  3. inherited from ram

Definitions

  1. Acronym of random-access memory.

  2. Acronym of random-access machine.

  3. Acronym of relative atomic mass

    Acronym of relative atomic mass; sometimes styled r.a.m..

  4. ›+ 27 more definitions

    1. Acronym of responsibility assignment matrix.

    2. Acronym of reliability availability maintainability.

    3. Acronym of radar-absorbent material, a material which absorbs radar.

    4. Initialism of Royal Academy of Music.

    5. Initialism of Rise Above Movement.

    6. A male sheep, typically uncastrated.

    7. A battering ram

      A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.

      • The solid oak door—he fingered it again—was as though made to resist a ram, the walls built to withstand a siege, and every stone and brick in wall, bench, or floor was as immovable as the face of a rock.

    8. A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.

      • About a couple of miles out lay an ironclad very low in the water, almost, to my brother's perception, like a water-logged ship. This was the ram Thunder Child.

    9. A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.

    10. A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.

    11. An act of ramming.

    12. A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer,…

      A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill.

    13. To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its…

      To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.

      • The man, driving an SUV, then rammed the gate, according to police.
      • Two snatch thieves who snatched a woman's bag experienced swift karma when their victim accidentally rammed into their motorcycle.
      • The other ships, either not caring or too badly-damaged to do anything about it, proceed on their mission, with König the last to fall silent, shot to pieces in a last attempt to ram the Bellerophon.

    14. To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.

      • To build a sturdy fence, you have to ram the posts deep into the ground.

    15. To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by…

      To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking.

      • After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod.

    16. To force, cram or thrust (someone or something) into or through something.

      • I quickly rammed another charge down the barrel and took aim.
      • Again: great to take lessons in ethics from a guy currently trying to ram through a policy of freighting refugees off to cuddly Rwandan president Paul Kagame.

    17. To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

      • They rammed the earth walls to make them more compact

    18. To thrust during sexual intercourse.

      • 1999, Mr.Web, Size Matters review by mr. web review Group: rec.arts.movies.erotica like feel a soft butt against their pelvis or ram a girl really hard with piston-like speed while she begs and screams for more

    19. Rancid

      Rancid; offensive in smell or taste.

    20. The constellation and zodiac sign Aries.

      • Aries, or the Ram governeth the head.
      • Those stars said to belong to the Ram might as well be supposed to belong to the Bull or the Lion.
      • The diamond is said to typify innocence, and it is also associated with Virgo, the maid, in the Signs of the Zodiac, whilst the ruby is associated with the sign Aries, the ram.

    21. Someone connected with Derby County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

    22. The father of Amminadab and the son of Hezron.

    23. A male given name.

    24. A surname

    25. One of the two progenitors of the second generation of humans in Mandaeism.

    26. A US Korean War anti-tank weapon.

    27. Alternative form of Rāma (“an incarnation of the god Vishnu in Hinduism”).

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Derived

RAM-like, hydraulic ram, ram air, ram air turbine, ram bow, ram-cat, ram cichlid, ramhood, ramjet, ramlike, ramline, rammy, ram-pack, ram-packed, ram press, ram pressure, ramraid, ramrod, ramshorn, ramskin, tunnel ram, water ram, overram, ram home, ram-jam, rammable, rammed earth, rammer, ram something down someone's throat, unram

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at RAM. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at ram. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at ram

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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