Look up: Ionic

1. Ionic
   [adj] - containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions 2. [adj] - (architecture) an order of classical Greek architecture 3. [n] - the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Ionia
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2. Ionic
   A chemical bond in which one element loses an electron to another element. Elements in Group 1 of the Periodic Table, for example Lithium are extremely reactive because they readily give up their single electron in the outermost energy level to another element with an incomplete energy level thereby forming a stable compound.
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3. Ionic
   An order of proportions of columns and entablature of Greek origin
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4. Ionic
   In classical architecture, one of the five types of column; see order. ...
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5. ionic
   One of the types of Greek columns, whose base resembled stacked rings and frieze had continuous band of drawings.
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6. Ionic
   Form of Classical architecture - the influence comes from Ancient Greece. This involved stone columns deeply scored with vertical lines around its outer edge and topped with a capital of opposing spirals. An example of Ionic style is Belsay Hall, Northumberland.
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7. ionic
   the state in which one atom of an interacting pair is electropositive and the other electronegative,so that the first one loses a valence electron to the second,and the attractive force is due to the electrostatic attraction of two oppositely charged ions Category: Electrical engineering and ener...
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8. Ionic
   Later than the doric, the ionic order has a distinctive capital, with two volutes, and an echinus based on a water lily shape. The Greek capital was straight sided, the volutes on the Roman capital angled outwards. The columns, on attic bases, usually have about twenty four...
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9. Ionic
   An order of architecture, often called the 'feminine' order. Capitals have curly spirals at the corners called volutes.
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10. Ionic
    The second of the three orders of classical Greek architecture. Ionic columns are taller and more slender than those of the Doric order. Ionic columns have fluted shafts and rest on a moulded base. At the top of the shafts are ionic capitals with laterality positioned volutes. An Ionic capital has a...
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11. Ionic
    I·on'ic adjective [ Latin Ionicus , Greek ..., from ... Ionia.] 1. Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians. 2. (Architecture) Pertaining to the Ionic order of architecture, one of the three orders invented by the Greeks, a...
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12. Ionic
    I·on'ic noun 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 py...
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13. ionic
    Relating to an ion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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14. ionic
    adjective containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions; `ionic charge`; `ionic crystals`; `ionic hydrogen`
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15. Ionic
    noun the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Ionia
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16. Ionic
    • (a.) Of or pertaining to an ion; composed of ions. • (n.) A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet. • (n.) Ionic type. • (a.) Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians. • (n.) A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spo...
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17. Ionic
    In architecture the term Ionic refers to a structure or style pertaining to the Ionic Order of architecture, which is the second of the three orders invented by the Greeks, and one of the five recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. Its distinguishing features are a plain concave...
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18. ionic
    a Classical Greek and Latin double foot consisting of two unstressed syllables and two stressed syllables, either ionic a majore / ' ' ~ ~ / or ionic a minore / ~ ~ ' ' /.
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19. ionic
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ī-on′ik Definitions: 1. Relating to an ion.
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20. Ionic
    `Ionic` or `Ionian` may refer to: In `ancient Greece`: In `geography and geology`: In `chemistry`: In `astronomy`: In `music`: In `typography`: In `business`: In `shipping history` See also:
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