ionic

ionic (ī än′ik)

adjective

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

Ionic (ī än′ik)

adjective

of Ionia or its people or culture; Ionian
of Ionic (the language variety)
designating or of a classical (Greek or Roman) order of architecture, distinguished by ornamental scrolls (spiral volutes) on the capitals
of the Ionic of Greek and Latin prosody

Etymology: L Ionicus < Gr Iōnikos

noun

Gr. & Latin Prosody
1. 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
2. verse or meter of such feet
the variety of the ancient Greek language spoken in Ionia, closely related to that of ancient Attica

Modifies a noun

kosmotropes: SCN - having the greatest effect and ionic kosmotropes below Cl - having negligible effect.
conductivity: These results could re-open the discussion on the mechanism of ionic conductivity in these materials.
radius: The second graph uses ionic radii taken from the Nuffield Advanced Science Book of Data.
lattice: Summary At room temperature, solid aluminum chloride has an ionic lattice with a lot of covalent character.
liquid: Last month, the center received a Queen's Anniversary Prize for its research into ionic liquids.
compound: Relate the color of an ionic compound to the color of an ionic compound to the color of its positive or negative ions.

Modifying Another Word

fully: The material may also have a fully ionic structure, or the mobile ions may be in a covalent host structure.
purely: Magnesium chloride isn't quite as purely ionic as we sometimes pretend!
mainly: They are white, insulating solids with negligible small electronic conductivities and the bonding is mainly ionic.
completely: That's what you would physically expect in a completely ionic system.
not: Because of its small size, beryllium forms covalent bonds, not ionic ones.

Used with adjective complement

simulate: The main project has been the development of a software package, DL_POLY, which simulates ionic, polymeric and macromolecular systems.

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