Ionic
Definition of Ionic
I`on´ic | a. | 1. | | | 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 foot | | (Pros.) See Ionic, n., 1. |
| | n. | 1. | (Pros.) 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. | | 2. | The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic. | | 3. | (Print.) Ionic type. | | a. | 1. | (Chem.) Of or pertaining to ions; composed of ions, containing ions, or breaking down into ions when dissolved in a polar solvent; as, an ionic solution will conduct a current of electricity. Opposite of nonionic. |
Related Words
ion, nonionic, nonpolar
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