Definitions for ionicaɪˈɒn ɪk

i•onˈaɪ ən, ˈaɪ ɒn(n.)

an atom or atom group electrically charged by the loss or gain of electrons, represented by a plus or a minus sign, as a cation (Na+, Ca++) or anion (Cl−).
Category: Chemistry, Physics
one of the electrically charged particles formed in a gas by electric discharge.
Category: Chemistry, Physics

< Gk ión going, neut. prp. of iénai to go; term introduced by Michael Faraday in 1834

i•on′ic(adj.)

-ion

a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, used to form nouns from stems of adjectives (communion; union) and verbs (legion; opinion; suspicion).
Category: Affix
Ref: Compare -tion .

ME -ioun < AF < L -iōnem, acc. of -iō suffix forming nouns

Ion.

Attic, Ionic, Ionic dialect, Classical Greek(adj)
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia
ionic(adj)
containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions
"ionic charge"; "ionic crystals"; "ionic hydrogen"
Ionic(adj)
of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture
Ionic(adj)
of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language

ionic(Adjective)
of, relating to, or containing ions
Ionic(Adjective)
of or relating to Ionians
Ionic(Adjective)
of an order of classical Greek architecture; the Ionic order
Ionic(ProperNoun)
A sub-dialect of the Attic-Ionic dialectal group of Ancient Greek consisting of Old Ionic and New Ionic.

Origin: From ιωνικός.

Ionic(adj)
of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians
Ionic(adj)
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
Ionic(adj)
of or pertaining to an ion; composed of ions
Ionic(noun)
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
Ionic(noun)
a verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet
Ionic(noun)
the Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic
Ionic(noun)
ionic type

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