IONISED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ionised mean? 

• IONISED (adjective)
  The adjective IONISED has 1 sense:

1. converted totally or partly into ions

  Familiarity information: IONISED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IONISED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Converted totally or partly into ions

Synonyms:

ionised; ionized

 Context examples 

An international team of astronomers detected a very faint glow emitted by ionised oxygen in the galaxy.

(ALMA and VLT Find Evidence for Stars Forming Just 250 Million Years After Big Bang, ESO)

The region of sky pictured is listed in the Sharpless catalogue of H II regions: interstellar clouds of ionised gas, rife with star formation.

(Stellar Nursery Blooms into View, ESO)

A galactic halo contains both dark and ordinary—or baryonic—matter that is primarily in the form of a hot ionised gas.

(Enigmatic radio burst illuminates a galaxy’s tranquil ​halo, ESO)