ion pump

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

   Broaderair pump

Questions about ion pump

What does ion pump mean?

ion pump means "a vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface".

Is ion pump a common word?

ion pump 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.