ion beam

1. 1.

   a beam of ions moving in the same direction at the same speed

   Synonymsionic beam

   Broaderparticle beam

Questions about ion beam

What does ion beam mean?

ion beam means "a beam of ions moving in the same direction at the same speed".

What is another word for ion beam?

Close synonyms include ionic beam. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ion beam a common word?

ion beam is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.