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-ionsuff.1. a. Action or process: completion.b. Result of an action or process: indention.2. State or condition: dehydration. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -iō, -iōn-, n. suff.]-ion suffix forming nouns indicating an action, process, or state: creation; objection. Compare -ation, -tion [from Latin -iōn-, -io]i•on (ˈaɪ ən, ˈaɪ ɒn) n. 1. an atom or atom group electrically charged by the loss or gain of electrons, represented by a plus or a minus sign, as a cation (Na + , Ca + + ) or anion (Cl−). 2. one of the electrically charged particles formed in a gas by electric discharge. [< Greek ión going, neuter present participle of iénai to go; term introduced by Michael Faraday in 1834] i•on′ic, adj. -ion a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, used to form nouns from stems of adjectives (communion; union) and verbs (legion; opinion; suspicion). Compare -tion. [Middle English -ioun < Anglo-French < Latin -iōnem, acc. of -iō suffix forming nouns] Ion. Ionic. EncyclopediaSeeion |