ionium
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ionium
Example Sentences
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Ionium expels an alpha particle and becomes radium, which is a bivalent element resembling barium belonging to the second group.
From A Brief Account of Radio-activity by Venable, Francis Preston
They had been anticipated by Gaius Norbanus and Decidius Saxa, who had crossed over into Ionium before Staius reached there, had occupied the whole country as far as Pangaeum, and had encamped near Philippi.
From Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus by Foster, Herbert Baldwin
Ionium pelagus . . . atrox, sævum; that is, looking dangerous, and often enough also bringing misfortune.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig
Qualiter undas Qui secat, et geminum gracilis mare separat isthmos, Nec patitur conferre fretum; si terra recedat, Ionium Ægæo frangat mare.
From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony
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