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<h1>-ion</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>-ion</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>. <ety>[L. -<ets>io</ets>, acc. -<ets>ionem</ets>: cf. F. -<ets>ion</ets>.]</ety> <def>A noun suffix denoting <i>act</i>, <i>process</i>, <i>result of an act or a process</i>, <i>thing acted upon</i>, <i>state</i>, or <i>condition</i>; <as>as, revolut<ex>ion</ex>, the act or process of revolving; construct<ex>ion</ex>, the act or process of constructing; a thing constructed; domin<ex>ion</ex>, territory ruled over; subject<ex>ion</ex>, state of being subject; deject<ex>ion</ex>; abstract<ex>ion</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Ion</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>I"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, neut, of <?/, p. pr. of <?/ to go.]</ety> <fld>(Elec. Chem.)</fld> <def>One of the elements which appear at the respective poles when a body is subjected to electro-chemical decomposition. Cf. <er>Anion</er>, <er>Cation</er>.</def> <-- an atom or goup of atoms (radical) carrying an electrical charge. Contrasted with neutral atoms or molecules, and free radicals. Certain compounds, such as sodium chloride, are composed of complementary ions in the solid (crystalline) as well as in solution. Others, notable acids such as hydrogen chloride, may occur as neutral molecules in the pure liquid or gas forms, and ionize almost completely in dilute aqueous solutions. In solutions (as in water) ions are frequently bound non-covalently with the molecules of solvent, and in that case are said to be solvated. -->

<h1>Ionian</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>I*o"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Ionius</ets>. See <er>Ionic</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or citizen of Ionia.</def></def2>

<h1>Ionic</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>I*on"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Ionicus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ Ionia.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>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 <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Capital</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Ionic dialect</col> <fld>(Gr. Gram.)</fld>, <cd>a dialect of the Greek language, used in Ionia. The Homeric poems are written in what is designated <i>old Ionic<i>, as distinguished from <i>new Ionic<i>, or <i>Attic<i>, the dialect of all cultivated Greeks in the period of Athenian prosperity and glory.</cd> -- <col>Ionic foot</col>. <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Ionic</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 1.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Ionic</col>, &or; <col>Ionian</col>, <col>mode</col></mcol> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>an ancient mode, supposed to correspond with the modern major scale of C.</cd> -- <col>Ionic sect</col>, <cd>a sect of philosophers founded by Thales of Miletus, in Ionia. Their distinguishing tenet was, that water is the original principle of all things.</cd> -- <col>Ionic type</col>, <cd>a kind of heavy-faced type (as that of the following line).</cd></cs>

<note>&hand;<nonpareiltype>This is Nonpareil Ionic.</nonpareiltype></note>

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<hw>Ionic</hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to an ion; composed of ions.</def> -->

<h1>Ionic</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>I*on"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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 <i>greater Ionic</i>; or two short and two long, -- that is, a pyrrhic and a spondee, in which case it is called the <i>smaller Ionic</i>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The Ionic dialect; <as>as, the Homeric <ex>Ionic</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>Ionic type.</def>

<h1>Ionidium</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>I`o*nid"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. Cf. <er>Iodine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of violaceous plants, chiefly found in tropical America, some species of which are used as substitutes for ipecacuanha.</def>

<h1>Ioqua shell</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>I"o*qua shell`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[From the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The shell of a large Dentalium (<spn>D. pretiosum</spn>), formerly used as shell money, and for ornaments, by the Indians of the west coast of North America.</def>

<h1>Iota</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>I*o"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/. See <er>Jot</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (&iota;) corresponding with the English <it>i.</it></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a particle.</def><-- from iota being the smallest letter -->

<blockquote>They never depart an <b>iota</b> from the authentic formulas of tyranny and usurpation. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Iota subscript</col> <fld>(Gr. Gram.)</fld>, <cd>iota written beneath a preceding vowel, as <grk>a,</grk>, <grk>h,</grk>, <grk>w,</grk>, -- done when iota is silent.</cd></cs><-- we use a following comma to represent the iota subscript within Greek transcriptions. See the "readme.fnt" file for complete description of Greek transliterations. -->