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ION ENGINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A type of reaction-propulsion engine to propel rockets in space; a stream of positive ions is accelerated to a high velocity by an electric field
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ion engine" is a kind of...):
reaction-propulsion engine; reaction engine (a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream)
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