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Ionic

Ionic

1 9.9
The old Greek dialect spoken in Ionia and nearby areas
  • noun
  • /aɪˈɒnɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : dialecto jónico
  • Stately white Ionic columns support a pergola that offers shade and enhances the beauty of the garden.
  • Ionic columns

Examples

  • Ionic ratios are very important to determine the relative toxicities that could provide relative biological process rates under specific ionic antagonisms (Wilson et al., 2000; Rahman et al., 2008).

    Academic text (2014)
  • DPOLY: Ionic, Dipolar, and H-bonding Polymers. Breedveld, Dormidontova, Pochan, Cromer, Prabhu.

    Academic text (2006)
  • "Polar covalent bonds have an ionic..."

  • Ionic.

  • The structure has Ionic pilasters flanking what must have once been the main entrance, a loading dock, and the present entrance.

    Blog text (15)
  • The exterior is constructed of white Indiana limestone, and the facade has massive Ionic columns (Figure 1).

    Academic text (2004)
  • BTW, my super-duper ionic system stands idle while I have reverted back to ladders.

    Blog text (6)
  • The crystal structure, in turn, is controlled by the nature of the bonding—metallic, covalent, ionic—between atoms in the crystal.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Prior to 1982, visitors entered the BMA, whose classical facade is also revealed across a large park, by scaling 27 steps, walking through a row of Ionic columns that support a classical pediment, and passing through a set of massive doors.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The temple of Artemis was surrounded by a double colonnade of Ionic columns that showcased the architectural style of ancient Greece.

Synonyms

Ionic dialect
vsIonic
  • Specialized
9.9

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

is used as an adjective form referring to that same regional 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 singular
Ionics plural

Etymology

Ionic as a noun names the old Greek dialect that came from Ionia and nearby areas, the way people there spoke and wrote. So when you hear 'Ionic' for a language, it means that specific old form of Greek used by poets and writers from Ionia.