ionic

Speech parts

1. ionic - Noun

2. ionic - Adjective

3. Ionic - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.

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.

Of or pertaining to an ion; composed of ions.

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.

A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet.

The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic.

Ionic type.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

attic Ionic dialect greek hellenic roman latin aeon grecian scholastic Ion ionian augustan doric classical academic
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Antonyms

nonionic corinthian princely deluxe doric complicated
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Hypernyms

Ancient Greek

Related terms

Ion anion cation

Phrases with the word

ionic exchange ionic bonding rearrangement of the ionic structure ionic chiton ionic surfactant ionic conduction

Examples

The construction of temples of the Ionic order to Juno, Diana, Father Bacchus, and the other gods of that kind, will be in keeping with the middle position which they hold; for the building of such will be an appropriate combination of the severity of the Doric and the delicacy of the Corinthian. Vitruvius

The construction of temples of the Ionic order. Vitruvius

ionic charge Source: Internet

ionic crystals Source: Internet

ionic hydrogen Source: Internet

Additionally, the effective nuclear charge has increased, and thus the electrons are attracted more strongly towards the nucleus and the ionic radius decreases. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Ionian mode Ionian order Ionian Sea ionic beam ionic bond ionic bonding