ION PUMP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ion pump" is a kind of...):

air pump; vacuum pump (a pump that moves air in or out of something)

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