ion engine

English - Turkish

Definition of ion engine in English Turkish dictionary

(Askeri) İYON MOTORU (HV.): Füze veya uzay aracını sevkedecek itiş gücü; atom füzyonu, atom parçalanması veya güneş enerjisinden alınmış iyonlanmış bir atom tanecikleri akımı ile elde edilen bir motor tipi

(Askeri,Havacılık) iyon motoru

English - English

Definition of ion engine in English English dictionary

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

A rocket engine that develops thrust by expelling ions rather than gaseous combustion products. Also called ion rocket

a type of reaction-propulsion engine to propel rockets in space; a stream of positive ions is accelerated to a high velocity by an electric field

Related Terms

ion engines

plural form of ion engine

Hyphenation

i·on en·gine

Turkish pronunciation

ayın encın

Pronunciation

/ˈīən ˈenʤən/ /ˈaɪən ˈɛnʤən/