Ion (disambiguation)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In physics and chemistry, an ion is an atom or group of atoms with a net electric charge.
Ion may also refer to:
- Ion (window manager), in computing, a window manager for the X Window System.
- Saturn ION, an automobile sold by General Motors.
- Alesis Ion, an analog-modeling synthesizer keyboard made by Alesis.
- Instituto Oncologico Nacional, or National Oncologic Institute, a specialized hospital in Panama City for cancer treatment.
- Ion (comics), in fiction, otherwise known as the Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, a DC Comics superhero.
- Ion (Marvel Comics), the super villain of Marvel Comics.
- ION Media Networks
- Ion thruster, a type of motor for space ships and satellites
In ancient Greece:
- Ion of Chios, a writer and philosopher.
- Ion (mythology), also called Ionas, the son of Xuthus and Creüsa, daughter of Erechtheus.
- Ion (dialogue), a dialogue by Plato, between Socrates and Ion, a reciter of epic poems.
- Ion (play), a play by Euripedes on the relationship between humans and the gods, in which Ion is instead the son of Apollo.
See also similar sounding