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ion generator

American  

noun

  1. a device for creating negatively charged particles in immediately surrounding air, promoted as a cure for various ills.

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Having a home ice-cream machine is devilry enough, tempting one to arterial assaults in the wee hours when one rightly ought to be counting free-range sheep and firing up the negative ion generator.

From Newsweek

Power for ion generator would probably come from small nuclear reactor or solar power plant.

From Time Magazine Archive

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