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Ion Engine

Definition: Ion Engine

Ion Engine

Noun

1. 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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Specialty Definitions: Ion Engine

Domain	Definitions
Aerospace	A reaction engine in which ions, accelerated in an electrostatic field, are used as propellant. Also called electrostatic engine. See electric propulsion. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: Ion Engine

Specialty definitions using "ion engine": electrostatic rocket ♦ ion rocket, ionizer ♦ photon engine. (references)

Photo Album: Ion Engine

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Ion Engine and Tank 6 at Electric Propulsion Lab. Credit: NASA.
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Anagrams: Ion Engine

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-i-n-n-n-o"
	-3 letters: engine, inning.
	-4 letters: genie, genii, inion, ninon.
	-5 letters: gene, gien, gone, nene, neon, nine, none, ogee.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-i-n-n-n-o"
	+4 letters: contingencies, ingeniousness, pretensioning.
	+5 letters: bioengineering, electrowinning, indigenousness, mountaineering, nonengineering, reconnoitering.
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Alternative Orthography: Ion Engine

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6F 6E 45 6E 67 69 6E 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01000101 01101110 01100111 01101001 01101110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#111 &#110 &#32 &#69 &#110 &#103 &#105 &#110 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006F 006E 0045 006E 0067 0069 006E 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4381802398073758071

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Anagrams

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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