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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia
Synonyms:
Attic; Classical Greek; Ionic; Ionic dialect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Ionic" is a kind of...):
Ancient Greek (the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions
Example:
ionic hydrogen
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Antonym:
nonionic (not ionic)
Pertainym:
ion (a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons)
Derivation:
ion (a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Ionia (region of western Asia Minor colonized by ancient Greeks)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Ionic order (the second Greek order; the capital is decorated with spiral scrolls)
Context examples:
The term refers particularly, to thermoplastic and thermosetting resins, poly-siloxanes, polymers associated with restorative materials; ionic polymers, silicones, polymethylmethacrylate, BIS-GMA, reinforced polymers, composites, metals, cements, dental porcelains, etc.
(Dental Material, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
By exposing cationic sites on the protein that promote ionic interaction with the negatively charged DNA backbone, Histone Deacetylation induces DNA condensation and regulates genetic functions, such as transcription.
(Histone Deacetylation, NCI Thesaurus)
A gadolinium complex of diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid with ionic paramagnetic properties.
(Gadopentetate dimeglumine, NCI Thesaurus)
It has long been called the mass-to-charge ratio although m is not the ionic mass nor is z a multiple or the elementary (electronic) charge e.
(Mass-to-Charge Ratio, NCI Thesaurus)
An organic iodine compound and used as a non-ionic water soluble radiographic contrast medium.
(Iopamidol, NCI Thesaurus)
An ionic tri-iodinated benzoate used as a contrast agent in diagnostic imaging.
(Iothalamic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
A tri-iodinated benzoate derivative and ionic dimeric contrast agent used in diagnostic imaging.
(Iodipamide, NCI Thesaurus)
Chromatography on non-ionic gels without regard to the mechanism of solute discrimination.
(Gel Filtration Chromatography, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The meglumine salt form of iodipamide, a tri-iodinated benzoate derivative and an ionic dimeric contrast agent used in diagnostic imaging.
(Iodipamide Meglumine, NCI Thesaurus)
A large increase in [Ca2+]i resulting from influx through NMDA receptors leads to constitutive activation of CaM kinase II (CaM KII) . Constitutively active CaM kinase II phosphorylates AMPA receptors, resulting in potentiation of the ionic conductance of AMPA receptors.
(Long-Term Potentiation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
