Ion (disambiguation)
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In physics and chemistry, an ion is an atom or group of atoms with a net electric charge.
Ion may also refer to:
Ancient Greece
- Ion (dialogue), a dialogue by Plato, between Socrates and Ion, a reciter of epic poems
- Ion (mythology), the son of Xuthus and CreĆ¼sa, daughter of Erechtheus
- Ion (play), a play by Euripides on the relationship between humans and the gods, in which Ion is instead the son of Apollo
- Ion of Chios, a writer and philosopher
Arts and entertainment
- Ion (DC Comics), a creature in the DC Comics universe
- Ion (Marvel Comics), a super villain in the Marvel Comics universe
- I.O.N (manga), a Japanese science fiction manga by Arina Tanemura
- Ion Television, a television network
- Fon Master Ion, a character from the video game Tales of the Abyss
Brands
- ION Audio, a brand of audio equipment manufacturer Numark Industries
- Ion (chocolate), a Greek chocolate brand
- Alesis Ion, an analog-modeling synthesizer keyboard made by Alesis
- Ion, a defunct communication network formerly advertised by Sprint Nextel
- Ion (paintball marker), made by Smart Parts
- Saturn Ion, an automobile formerly sold by General Motors
- Mitsubishi i-MiEV, sold in Europe as the Peugeot iOn
- Nvidia Ion, an Nvidia platform for the Intel Atom CPU
- Ion, a lighting control console by Electronic Theatre Controls
- Ion rapid transit, an under-construction system in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Places
- Ion, a hamlet near to Lower Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England
- Ion, Iowa, an unincorporated community in the United States
- I'On, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, a neighborhood
- ION Orchard, a retail development in Singapore
- Ion River, Romania
Institutions
- Instituto Oncologico Nacional, Panama City
- Institute of Navigation
Other
- Ion (name), both a given name and a surname
- Ion (window manager), in computing a window manager for the X Window System
- IATA code for Impfondo Airport, Republic of the Congo
- ION (satellite) (Illinois Observing Nanosatellite), a satellite from the University of Illinois
See also
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