Ion (I"on) n. [Gr. 'io`n, neut, of 'iw`n, p. pr. of 'ie`nai to go.] (Elec. Chem.) One of the elements
which appear at the respective poles when a body is subjected to electro-chemical decomposition. Cf.
Anion, Cation.
Ionian (I*o"ni*an) a. [L. Ionius. See Ionic.] Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic. n. A
native or citizen of Ionia.
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
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.
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