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Ionic

Ionic

1 9.4
Relating to Ionia, its people, or their old Greek dialect
  • adjective
  • /aɪˈɒnɪk/
translation icon : jónico
  • The Ionic dialect was widely spoken in many ancient Greek cities along the coast of Ionia.

Examples

  • The cultural heritage of the ancient Greeks can be traced back to the Ionic influences in literature and philosophy.

  • Here we can be certain of its intention, as was the philosopher's fifth-century Ionic audience, because the saying is independently attested in his fellow Ionian, Herodotus.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Famous philosophers such as Thales and Anaximander were known for their Ionic school of thought.

Synonyms

Ionian
vsIonic
9.3

About the ancient Greek people of Ionia, their dialect, or their culture

is specific to that historical region and its dialect

Compounds

ionic bond
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A strong pull between atoms when one atom gives an electron to another

ionic charge
  • Specialized
1 5.7

The electric charge an atom has after it gains or loses electrons

ionic medication
  • Specialized
6.5

A treatment that uses a small electric current to push medicine into body tissue

Ionic order
  • Specialized
9.3

A Greek column style with spiral scrolls on top

ionic beam
  • Specialized
9.1

A narrow stream of tiny charged particles used to change material surfaces

Ionic dialect
  • Specialized
9.9

An old form of Greek used in coastal western Turkey and later in Athens

non-ionic detergent
  • Specialized
5.7

A cleaning chemical whose molecules do not carry an electric charge in water and that makes little foam

Surface Forms

Ionic positive

Morphology

Ionic = Ionia (transparent) = Ionia + ic

Formed with the productive adjectival suffix '-ic' meaning 'relating to', so the relation to Ionia is clear if the base is known.

Etymology

Ionic comes from the place name Ionia, a region of ancient Greece on the west coast of Asia Minor. So Ionic literally means 'from Ionia' and is used for things about its people or culture.