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Meaning of ion engine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

ion exchange ion exchange chromatography ion exchange resin ion milling ion mirror Ion Neculce

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