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Definition of Ionic
1. Adjective. Containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions. "Ionic hydrogen"
2. Noun. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia.
Generic synonyms: Ancient Greek
Derivative terms: Attic
3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture.
4. Adjective. Of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language.
Definition of Ionic
1. a. Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.
2. n. 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.
Definition of Ionic
1. Adjective. of or relating to Ionians ¹
2. Adjective. (architecture) of an order of classical Greek architecture; the Ionic order ¹
3. Proper noun. A sub-dialect of the Attic-Ionic dialectal group of Ancient Greek consisting of Old Ionic and New Ionic. ¹
4. Adjective. (chemistry) of, relating to, or containing ions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ionic
1. a style of type [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ionic
1. Relating to an ion. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ionic
Literary usage of Ionic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sounds and Inflections of the Greek Dialects by Herbert Weir Smyth (1894)
"The Ionic Element m Solon. 61.] In Archilochos no great interval in tone separates
... now the Attic ä, now the Ionic TJ 2. Kirchhoff contends that an Attic ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"146). northerly Ionic island on the Asiatic coast, seems to have been originally
Aeolic, and its Ionic retained some Aeolic characteristics. ..."
3. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students by Peter Giles (1901)
"142) there were four divisions of Eastern or Asiatic Ionic. ... Ionic may therefore
be distinguished geographically into (1) the Ionic of Asia Minor spoken ..."
4. A Greek Grammar, for Schools and Colleges by James Hadley (1868)
"The fundamental foot is the ionic a minore (----). The rhythmic accent falls on
the first long syllable. The two shorts may be contracted into a long ..."
5. A History of Architectural Development by Frederick Moore Simpson (1905)
"The Ionic order (Figs. 42,43) is lighter and more ornamented by Ionic, ...
The slender proportions of Ionic columns necessitated bases which are often ..."
6. A Grammar of Greek Art by Percy Gardner (1905)
"In regard to origins, the most striking fact is the double derivation of the
temple and the marked difference in type between the Doric and the Ionic ..."
7. The Sounds and Inflections of the Greek Dialects by Herbert Weir Smyth (1894)
"The Ionic Element m Solon. 61.] In Archilochos no great interval in tone separates
... now the Attic ä, now the Ionic TJ 2. Kirchhoff contends that an Attic ..."
8. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"146). northerly Ionic island on the Asiatic coast, seems to have been originally
Aeolic, and its Ionic retained some Aeolic characteristics. ..."
9. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students by Peter Giles (1901)
"142) there were four divisions of Eastern or Asiatic Ionic. ... Ionic may therefore
be distinguished geographically into (1) the Ionic of Asia Minor spoken ..."
10. A Greek Grammar, for Schools and Colleges by James Hadley (1868)
"The fundamental foot is the ionic a minore (----). The rhythmic accent falls on
the first long syllable. The two shorts may be contracted into a long ..."
11. A History of Architectural Development by Frederick Moore Simpson (1905)
"The Ionic order (Figs. 42,43) is lighter and more ornamented by Ionic, ...
The slender proportions of Ionic columns necessitated bases which are often ..."
12. A Grammar of Greek Art by Percy Gardner (1905)
"In regard to origins, the most striking fact is the double derivation of the
temple and the marked difference in type between the Doric and the Ionic ..."
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