Meaning of Ram | Babel Free

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1. Acronym of random-access memory.
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2. Initialism of Royal Academy of Music.
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3. The constellation and zodiac sign Aries.
4. The father of Amminadab and the son of Hezron.
5. A male sheep, typically uncastrated.
6. A US Korean War anti-tank weapon.
7. A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
8. Acronym of random-access machine.
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9. Initialism of Rise Above Movement.
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10. Someone connected with Derby County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
    UK
11. A male given name.
12. A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
    historical
13. Acronym of relative atomic mass; sometimes styled r.a.m..
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14. A surname
15. A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.
    historical
16. Acronym of responsibility assignment matrix.
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17. One of the two progenitors of the second generation of humans in Mandaeism.
18. A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.
19. Acronym of reliability availability maintainability.
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20. An act of ramming.
21. Acronym of radar-absorbent material, a material which absorbs radar.
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22. A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill.

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“Looking for the best RAM for your PC in 2023 has gotten a little bit more complicated than before. With the advent of DDR5, you can now choose between a newer standard, and an older one. DDR4 has a differently keyed connector, and you’re also going to have to check that the RAM is compatible with your CPU in the first place. So, what should you buy?”

“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.”

“He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure."”

“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.”

“Strange, too, how the old pagan names for the constellations—the Ram, the Bull, the Twins (Castor and Pollux), the Crab, the Lion, the Virgin, the Scales, the Scorpion, the Archer, the Horned Goat, the Water-carrier, and the Fishes, have persisted all these thousands of years in spite of attempts made by philosophers of the Christian and other faiths to give them more prosaic or more religious names.”

“‘’Tis the sign of the Ram,' he whispered with wonder. ‘The first sign of the Zodiac!’”

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