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i⋅on⋅ic

[ahy-on-ik]

–adjective

1.	of or pertaining to ions.

2.	pertaining to or occurring in the form of ions.

Origin:
1885–90; ion + -ic

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I⋅on⋅ic

[ahy-on-ik]

–adjective

Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def. 3), Corinthian (def. 2), Doric (def. 3), Tuscan (def. 2).

2.	Prosody. noting or employing a foot consisting either of two long followed by two short syllables (greater Ionic), or of two short followed by two long syllables (lesser Ionic).

3.	noting or pertaining to that variety of the eastern branch of the early Greek alphabet that was used for the writing of the Ionic dialect and that became the variety used for all dialects of Greek from the 4th century b.c. to the present.

4.	of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.

–noun

5.	Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.

6.	the dialect of ancient Greek spoken in Euboea, the Cyclades, and on the mainland of Asia Minor at Miletus and elsewhere.

7.	Trademark. a style of printing type.

Origin:
1555–65; < L Iōnicus < Gk Iōnikós of Ionia; see -ic

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i·on·ic (ī-ŏn'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj. Of, containing, or involving ions.

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I·on·ic (ī-ŏn'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Of or relating to Ionia or the Ionians.
Architecture Of or belonging to the Ionic order.

n. The ancient Greek dialect of Ionia.

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ionic
adjective
1.	containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions; "ionic charge"; "ionic crystals"; "ionic hydrogen" [ant: nonionic]
2.	of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture
3.	of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language
noun
1.	the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia [syn: Attic]

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Ionic [(eye-on-ik)]

One of the three main styles of Greek architecture (the others are Corinthian and Doric). The Ionic column is slender and finely fluted; its capital is in the shape of a scroll.

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ionic i·on·ic (ī-ŏn'ĭk)
adj.
Of, containing, or involving an ion or ions.

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Main Entry: ion·ic
Pronunciation: I-'än-ik
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, existing as, or characterized by ions<ionic gases> ionic charge>
2 : based on or functioning by means of ions <ionic conduction> —ion·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb

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Ionic

I*on"ic\, a. [L. Ionicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? Ionia.]

1. Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.

2. (Arch.) 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.

Ionic dialect (Gr. Gram.), 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.

Ionic foot. (Pros.) See Ionic, n., 1.

Ionic, or Ionian, mode (Mus.), an ancient mode, supposed to correspond with the modern major scale of C.

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

Ionic type, a kind of heavy-faced type (as that of the following line).

Note: This is Nonpareil Ionic.

Ionic

I*on"ic\, n. 1. (Pros.) (a) 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. (b) A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet.

2. The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic.

3. (Print.) Ionic type.