A sub-dialect of the Attic-Ionic dialectal group of Ancient Greek consisting of Old Ionic and New Ionic.

(poetry) A four-syllable metrical unit of light-light-heavy-heavy (‿ ‿ — —) that occurs in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry.

(physical chemistry) To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated.

(Britain) Alternative spelling of ionizing

(Britain) present participle of ionise

Alternative spelling of ionization

(chemistry, physics) Any process that leads to the dissociation of a neutral atom or molecule into charged particles ions; the state of being ionized.

Relating to the Hellenic people of that name. / Ionic, of Ionia, the ancient (ca 1100 BC) region including western Asia Minor and the adjacent Aegean Islands occupied by the Ionian people.

A member of the Ionians, one of the races of Ancient Greece. / (geology, paleontology) A subdivision of the Pleistocene epoch.

(chemistry) using ionic bonds