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Vehicular motion caused by reaction from the high-speed discharge of a beam of electrically equally charged minute particles ejected behind the vehicle.  5, record 1, English, - ion%20propulsion

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Ion propulsion is a technology that involves ionizing a gas to propel a craft. Instead of a spacecraft being propelled with standard chemicals, the gas xenon (which is like neon or helium, but heavier) is given an electrical charge, or ionized. It is then electrically accelerated to a speed of about 30 km/second. When xenon ions are emitted at such high speed as exhaust from a spacecraft, they push the spacecraft in the opposite direction.  6, record 1, English, - ion%20propulsion

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Mode de propulsion électrostatique dans lequel l'agent propulsif est ionisé accéléré, puis éjecté à l'état électriquement neutre.  2, record 1, French, - propulsion%20ionique

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