ionic

Definition of Ionic in English :

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Noun

1. attic, classical greek, ionic, ionic dialect

the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia

Adjective

2. ionic

containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions

Example Sentences:
'ionic charge'
'ionic crystals'
'ionic hydrogen'

3. ionic

of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture

4. ionic

of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ionic

see synonyms of ionic

adjective

of, relating to, or occurring in the form of ions

adjective

1.

of, denoting, or relating to one of the five classical orders of architecture, characterized by fluted columns and capitals with scroll-like ornaments

See also Doric, composite (sense 4), Tuscan, Corinthian

2.

of or relating to Ionia, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Ancient Greek

3. prosody

of, relating to, designating, or employing Ionics in verse

noun

4.

one of four chief dialects of Ancient Greek; the dialect spoken in Ionia

Compare Aeolic, Arcadic, Doric, See also Attic (sense 3)

5.

(in classical prosody) a type of metrical foot having either two long followed by two short syllables (greater Ionic), or two short followed by two long syllables (lesser Ionic)

Ionic

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adjective

1.

of Ionia or its people or culture; Ionian

2.

of Ionic (the language variety)

3.

designating or of a classical (Greek or Roman) order of architecture, distinguished by ornamental scrolls (spiral volutes) on the capitals

4.

of the Ionic of Greek and Latin prosody

noun

5. Classical Prosody

a.

either of two feet consisting of four syllables, the first two long and the second two short or the first two short and the second two long

b.

verse or meter of such feet

6.

the variety of the ancient Greek language spoken in Ionia, closely related to that of ancient Attica

adjective

of, or being in the form of, an ion or ions

Ionic

see synonyms of ionic

adj.

1. Of or relating to Ionia or the Ionians.

2. Architecture Of or relating to the Ionic order.

n.

The ancient Greek dialect of Ionia.

adj.

Of, containing, or involving ions.

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