Ionic

What do we mean by ionic?

Of, containing, or involving ions. adjective

In physical chemistry, of or pertaining to an ion or the ions which carry an electric current in electrolysis: see Arrhenius's theory of electrolytic or ionic dissociation.

Of, pertaining, or relating to the Iones or Ionians as a race, or to one of the regions named from them, Ionia or the Ionian Islands: as, the Ionic dialect or school; the Ionic order.

In ancient prosody, constituting a foot of two long syllables followed by two shorts, or vice versa; pertaining to or consisting of such feet: as, an Ionic foot, colon, verse, or system; Ionic rhythm.

In prosody: An Ionic foot. noun

An Ionic verse or meter. noun

Of or pertaining to ions; composed of ions, containing ions, or breaking down into ions when dissolved in a polar solvent. Opposite of nonionic. adjective

Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians. adjective

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. adjective

A dialect of the Greek language, used in Ionia. The Homeric poems are written in what is designated old Ionic, as distinguished from new Ionic, or Attic, the dialect of all cultivated Greeks in the period of Athenian prosperity and glory. adjective

See Ionic, n., 1. adjective

An ancient mode, supposed to correspond with the modern major scale of C. adjective

A sect of philosophers founded by Thales of Miletus, in Ionia. Their distinguishing tenet was, that water is the original principle of all things. adjective

A kind of heavy-faced type (as that of the following line). adjective

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. noun

A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet. noun

The Ionic dialect. noun

Ionic type. noun

Of, relating to, or containing ions

Words that are spelled similarly to ionic:
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Words that rhyme with ionic:
sardonic, laconic, ironic, chronic, mnemonic, tonic, platonic, catatonic, histrionic, sonic, electronic, panasonic, hegemonic, chthonic, tronic, tectonic, isotonic, hedonic, teutonic, synchronic, harmonic, demonic, conic, plutonic, diatonic, philharmonic, embryonic, polyphonic, ultrasonic, supersonic, masonic, pneumonic, hypertonic, symphonic, phonic, neoplatonic, hydroponic, hypersonic, bubonic, pharaonic, clonic, yonic, canonic, monophonic, avionic, telephonic, miltonic, chronique, napoleonic, ganglionic, allophonic, leptonic, planktonic, gnomonic, propionic, ovonic, isoelectronic, nucleonic, gin and tonic, microelectronic, first harmonic, hyaluronic, connick, stronach, medtronic, blahnik, audiotronic, diasonic, ebonic, environic, fibronic, flextronic, hanak, john hick, kronick, lasersonic, lexiphonic, personic, photronic, plantronic, respironic, saw nick, telectronic, tranzonic, vanik, varitronic.

Adjectives that are often used to describe ionic:
more, non, attic, mixed, less, pure, most, high, various, second, low, molecular, strong, upper, atomic, old, total, minor, simple, net, modern, graceful, highly, doric, free, electronic, normal, radical, metallic, mean, intracellular, partial, ancient, typical, literary, pan, chaste, conventional, interior, constant, appropriate, classical, hydrophobic, extracellular, later, balanced, weak, slender, century, familiar, lighter, write, mobile, extreme, solid, least, postgangl, proto, cellular, organic, compare, zwitter, hellenic, plain, ideal, tight, pregangl, weakly, simpler, somewhat.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective ionic:
strength, columns, species, crystals, compounds, order, conductivity, composition, bonds, radii, radius, character, concentration, bond, form, charge, currents, liquids, surfactants, bonding, groups, concentrations, channels, interactions, compound, capital, solids, state, pilasters, capitals, solutions, crystal, environment, strengths, current, conduction, theory, mechanisms, detergents, reactions, charges, mechanism, atmosphere, forms, portico, basis, balance, temple, column, substances, calcium, style, permeability, solution, mobility, gradients, liquid, diffusion, equation, exchange, media, regulation, pillars, transport, conductances, interaction, content, materials, surfactant, conductance, structures, dialect, medium, product, movements, potential, conductors, agents, detergent, equilibrium, size, fluxes, lattice, mobilities, equations, equilibria, migration, dissociation, solid.

Consonant match to ionic:
iron oak.

Words that sound like ionic:
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