Ionic
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- adjective
- /aɪˈɒnɪk/
- Specialized
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- It was a classic example of Greek Revival architecture and had double front balconies with Ionic columns below and Corinthian above.
- Ionic column
Examples
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You could walk on that upper story and using the Ionic capitals in the first story and smaller Corinthian columns in the second story.
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His designs combine Doric columns with a sweeping Ionic freeze, hosting a vast panorama of the city's Great Panathenaic Festival.
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So the Ionic columns that are on our building.
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Imagine being able to distinguish a Corinthian column from an Ionic or Doric column at the age of 12.
Academic text (2008) -
Ionic, doric, corinthian!
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Like the fictitious corner piers, the disputed podium and Ionic colonnade were part of the giant order containing the two stories of the museum (Figs. 7-8).
Academic text (1990) -
At its heart, a great new Town Hall was rising, a palace really, utterly unlike anything to be seen north of Venice: a four-storied triumphal statement, rusticated below, balustraded above, Ionic pilasters, all the Renaissance trimmings.
Academic text (1999) -
Many ancient buildings feature Ionic columns, easily recognized by their scroll-shaped capitals.
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The museum's new wing boasts elegant Ionic façades, showcasing the beauty of classical architecture.
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At the entrance, visitors were greeted by impressive Ionic pillars, each meticulously crafted to reflect ancient Greek style.
Compounds
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A treatment that uses a small electric current to push medicine into body tissue
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A narrow stream of tiny charged particles used to change material surfaces
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An old form of Greek used in coastal western Turkey and later in Athens
- Specialized
A cleaning chemical whose molecules do not carry an electric charge in water and that makes little foam
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Etymology
Ionic in architecture also comes from Ionia, where a column style began that has a 'scroll' shape at the top of the column. So Ionic describes that classical style with scroll-like capitals on its columns.