a. 离子的, 爱奥尼亚的, 爱奥尼亚韵律的, 爱奥尼亚式的

n. 爱奥尼亚方言

[医] 离子的

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 mode}, 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.

ionic \i*on"ic\ a. (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}.
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