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ion engines

ion engines is the plural of ion engine.

Meaning of ion engine

Noun

ion engine (plural ion engines)

  1. a type of spacecraft propulsion, whereby electric fields accelerate ions out the exhaust to provide motive force
    Synonyms:
    ion rocket, ion thruster

Questions about ion engines

What is ion engines the plural of?
Ion engines is the plural of ion engine.

Words near ion engines in the dictionary

  1. ion channels
  2. ion chromatography
  3. Ion Corvin
  4. Ion Creangă
  5. ion engine
  6. ion engines
  7. ion exchange
  8. ion exchange chromatography
  9. ion exchange resin
  10. ion exchange resins
  11. ion exchanges

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