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Rem vs. Ram — What's the Difference?

Rem vs. Ram — What's the Difference?

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Rem

The twitching movements of the eye muscles and other physiological changes that occur during REM sleep.

Ram

An uncastrated male sheep.

Rem

The amount of ionizing radiation required to produce the same biological effect as one rad of high-penetration x-rays.

Ram

A battering ram.

Rem

A unit for measuring absorbed doses of radiation, equivalent to one roentgen of x-rays or gamma rays.
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Ram

The falling weight of a piledriving machine.

Rem

Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state.

Ram

A hydraulic water-raising or lifting machine.

Rem

A dose of absorbed radiation equivalent to one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays.

Ram

Roughly force (something) into place
He rammed his stick into the ground

Rem

(computing) A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.

Ram

(of a place) be very crowded
The club is rammed to the rafters every week

Rem

(web design) A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in a HTML document.

Ram

Digital memory hardware in which information can be accessed in any order with equal speed.

Rem

(knitting) remaining.

Ram

A male sheep.

Rem

A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of Rapid Eye Movements during sleep

Ram

A battering ram.

Rem

(Roentgen Equivalent Man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays

Ram

The weight that drops in a pile driver or steam hammer.

Ram

The plunger or piston of a force pump or hydraulic press.

Ram

A hydraulic ram.

Ram

A projection on the prow of a warship, used to batter or cut into enemy vessels.

Ram

A ship having such a projection.

Ram

Ram See Aries.

Ram

To strike or drive against with a heavy impact; butt
Rammed the door with a sledgehammer until it broke open.

Ram

To force or press into place.

Ram

To cram; stuff
Rammed the clothes into the suitcase.

Ram

To force passage or acceptance of
Rammed the project through the city council despite local opposition.

Ram

A male sheep, typically uncastrated.

Ram

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

Ram

A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.

Ram

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

Ram

A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.

Ram

An act of ramming.

Ram

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

Ram

(ambitransitive) 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.
[http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/12/29/snatch-thieves-rammed-by-victim-accidentally/ Two snatch thieves who snatched a woman's bag experienced swift karma when their victim accidentally rammed into their motorcycle.]

Ram

(transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
To build a sturdy fence, you have to ram the posts deep into the ground.

Ram

(transitive) 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.

Ram

(transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
Rammed earth walls

Ram

(slang) To thrust during sexual intercourse.

Ram

(Northern England) rancid; offensive in smell or taste.

Ram

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

Ram

Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.

Ram

An engine of war used for butting or battering.

Ram

A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.

Ram

The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.

Ram

The plunger of a hydraulic press.

Ram

To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc.
[They] rammed me in with foul shirts, and smocks, socks, foul stockings, greasy napkins.

Ram

To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
A ditch . . . was filled with some sound materials, and rammed to make the foundation solid.

Ram

The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible

Ram

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries

Ram

The first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19

Ram

A tool for driving or forcing something by impact

Ram

Uncastrated adult male sheep;
A British term is `tup'

Ram

Strike or drive against with a heavy impact;
Ram the gate with a sledgehammer
Pound on the door

Ram

Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;
She rammed her mind into focus
He drives me mad

Ram

Undergo damage or destruction on impact;
The plane crashed into the ocean
The car crashed into the lamp post

Ram

Crowd or pack to capacity;
The theater was jampacked

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