Noun
FRAM (plural FRAMs)
Initialism of ferroelectric random access memory.
Based on Nansen's observations of ocean currents recorded during the Fram expedition, Ekman concluded that the effect of wind on the sea's surface produced currents which "formed something like a spiral staircase, down towards the depths". Source: Internet
FRAM Industrial (former Eurofilter and part of Champion Laboratories, then UCI-FRAM Group) make air filters for gas turbines in Mansfield on Crown Farm Ind Est. Source: Internet
Ten days later, as Fram approached the area in which Jeannette had been crushed, heavy pack ice was sighted at around latitude 78°N. Source: Internet
Nansen (1897), Vol. II, pp. 506–507 The world was quickly informed by telegram of Nansen's safe return, Huntford, pp. 433–434 but as yet there was no news of Fram. Source: Internet
In November Nansen announced his plan: when the ship passed latitude 83° he and Hjalmar Johansen would leave the ship with the dogs and make for the pole while Fram, under Sverdrup, continued its drift until it emerged from the ice in the North Atlantic. Source: Internet
Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick, Alan Fram and Kevin Freking contributed to this report. Source: Internet