English Explanatory Dictionary

ion engine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a type of spacecraft propulsion, whereby electric fields accelerate ions out the exhaust to provide motive force

Word forms

ion engine ion engines

Synonyms

ion rocket ion thruster

Related words

nuclear-electric rocket
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