simple past tense and past participle of scram

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scram

present participle of scram

plural of reactor scram

An automatic safety feature of nuclear reactors where the control rods are automatically dropped into the reactor core when any of several emergency conditions are reached.

plural of scrambling

(sciences) A type of competition where the resource is inadequate to fit the needs of all, resulting in each competitor obtaining an equally partitioned amount and thus never the amount it needs.

(of a walk) Involving a certain amount of climbing. / (informal) scrambled, mixed-up

(historical) A type of dagger or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons.

plural of pedestrian scramble