ionist en · NOUN
Etymology
From ion + -ist.
Meanings
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(historical) A scientist who studied ions in solution.
It had been nearly 50 years before, in 1888–1898, that Armstrong first tangled with the ionists' ideas and, as Dolby comments, he was “an extreme individualist, who would never yield to the social pressures of a scientific community […]
2001, R. W. Cahn, The Coming of Materials Science, page 28:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ionists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |