Usually means: Engine that uses ionized particles.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. ion engine: Merriam-Webster
  2. ion engine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. ion engine: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ion engine: Vocabulary.com
  5. ion engine: Wiktionary
  6. ion engine: Dictionary.com
  7. Ion engine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. ion engine: Rhymezone
  9. ion engine: FreeDictionary.org
  10. ion engine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. ion engine: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ion engine: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ION ENGINE: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ion engine)

▸ noun:  (astronautics) a type of spacecraft propulsion, whereby electric fields accelerate ions out the exhaust to provide motive force

Similar:
electric sail, ionocraft, jet propulsion, arcjet, jet engine, reaction engine, jetter, torch drive, fusion rocket, solid rocket, more...

Opposite:
conventional engine, chemical engine, rocket engine

Types:
magnetoplasm, more...

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Similar:
electric sail, ionocraft, jet propulsion, arcjet, jet engine, reaction engine, jetter, torch drive, fusion rocket, solid rocket, more...

Opposite:
conventional engine, chemical engine, rocket engine

Types:
magnetoplasm, more...



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