Ion Meaning in Spanish

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1. (n.) One of the elements which appear at the respective poles when a body is subjected to electro-chemical decomposition. Cf. Anion, Cation.
2. (n.) One of the electrified particles into which, according to the electrolytic dissociation theory, the molecules of electrolytes are divided by water and other solvents. An ion consists of one or more atoms and carries a unit charge of electricity, 3.4 x 10-10 electrostatic units, or a multiple of this. Those which are positively electrified (hydrogen and the metals) are called cations; negative ions (hydroxyl and acidic atoms or groups) are called anions.
3. (n.) One of the small electrified particles into which the molecules of a gas are broken up under the action of the electric current, of ultraviolet and certain other rays, and of high temperatures. To the properties and behavior of ions the phenomena of the electric discharge through rarefied gases and many other important effects are ascribed. At low pressures the negative ions appear to be electrons; the positive ions, atoms minus an electron. At ordinary pressures each ion seems to include also a number of attached molecules. Ions may be formed in a gas in various ways.

1. (a.) Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic.
2. (n.) A native or citizen of Ionia.

1. (a.) Of or pertaining to an ion; composed of ions.
2. (n.) A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet.
3. (n.) Ionic type.
4. (a.) Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.
5. (n.) 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 pyrrhic and a spondee, in which case it is called the smaller Ionic.
6. (a.) 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 Illust. of Capital.
7. (n.) The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic.

1. (n.) A genus of violaceous plants, chiefly found in tropical America, some species of which are used as substitutes for ipecacuanha.

1. (v. t.) To separate (a compound) into ions, esp. by dissolving in water.

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Ionize

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ionize