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Ionic

[ahy-on-ik] / aɪˈɒn ɪk /


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He has also hinted at changes to the North Portico's 200-year-old columns -- which are in the Ionic style and not his preferred, more ornate Corinthian style -- and have recently been covered by scaffolding.

From Barron's Jul. 6, 2026

Ionic conductivity measures how easily lithium ions move through a material, and values above 1 mS/cm are generally considered adequate for practical battery applications at room temperature.

From Science Daily Jan. 9, 2026

Ionic MT said it discovered high grades of 16 different types of minerals, everything from lithium to alumina, germanium, rubidium, cesium, vanadium and niobium at the site in Utah’s Silicon Ridge.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

The building’s fluted Corinthian columns are right at home in neoclassical Washington, but they aren’t a match with the rest of the White House, with its simpler, smooth columns and Ionic capitals.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2025

A report done in elementary school on Greek and Roman architecture, Corinthian and Ionic and Doric columns copied from an encyclopedia onto tracing paper.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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