Definitions for Ionic
aɪˈɒn ɪkion·ic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Attic, Ionic, Ionic dialect, Classical Greekadjective

   the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia

2. ionicadjective

   containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions

   "ionic charge"; "ionic crystals"; "ionic hydrogen"

3. Ionicadjective

   of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture

4. Ionicadjective

   of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language

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1. ionicadjective

   Of or pertaining to ions; composed of ions, containing ions, or breaking down into ions when dissolved in a polar solvent; as, an ionic solution will conduct a current of electricity. Opposite of nonionic.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ionicadjective

   of, relating to, or containing ions

2. Ionicadjective

   of or relating to Ionians

3. Ionicadjective

   of an order of classical Greek architecture; the Ionic order

4. Ionicnoun

   A sub-dialect of the Attic-Ionic dialectal group of Ancient Greek consisting of Old Ionic and New Ionic.

5. Etymology: From ιωνικός.

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1. ionic

   Ionic typically refers to something related to, formed by, or involving ions - atoms or molecules with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons. It is used most commonly in scientific and chemical contexts, such as ionic bonding or ionic compounds.

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1. Ionicadjective

   of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians

2. Ionicadjective

   pertaining to the Ionic order of architecture, one of the three orders invented by the Greeks, and one of the five recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. Its distinguishing feature is a capital with spiral volutes. See Illust. of Capital

3. Ionicadjective

   of or pertaining to an ion; composed of ions

4. Ionicnoun

   a foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in which case it is called the greater Ionic; or two short and two long, -- that is, a pyrrhic and a spondee, in which case it is called the smaller Ionic

5. Ionicnoun

   a verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet

6. Ionicnoun

   the Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic

7. Ionicnoun

   ionic type

8. Etymology: [L. Ionicus, Gr. , fr. Ionia.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ionic

   ī-on′ik, adj. relating to Ionia in Greece: denoting an order in architecture distinguished by the ram's-horn volute of its capital—also Iō′nian.—vs.t. Ion′icize, I′onize.—ns. I′onism; I′onist.—Ionic dialect, the most important of the three main branches of the ancient Greek language (Ionic, Doric, Æolic), marked by greater softness and smoothness, the effect of its rich vowel system. Homer's Iliad is written in Old, the history of Herodotus in New Ionic: the Attic of Thucydides and Sophocles is its later form; Ionic mode (see Mode); Ionic school, a name given to the representative philosophers of the Ionian Greeks, such as Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, Anaxagoras, who debated the question what was the primordial constitutive principle of the cosmical universe.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ionic

   The style of architecture so called was peculiar to Ionia in Greece. The earliest of the Greek philosophers so called too were all natives of Ionia.

How to pronounce Ionic?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ionic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ionic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Ionic
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Ionic
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ionic
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ionic
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Ionic
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Ionic