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ION PUMP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ion pump" is a kind of...):
air pump; vacuum pump (a pump that moves air in or out of something)