In physics and chemistry, an

ion An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge. The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by convent ...

is an atom or molecule with a net electric charge. Ion or ION may also refer to:

Places

* Ion, a hamlet near to Lower

Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire Gravenhurst is a civil parishes in England, civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish includes Lower Gravenhurst, Upper Gravenhurst, as well as the hamlet of Ion. Features of Gravenhurst inc ...

, England *

Ion District The Ion District, Ion Innovation District, or Rice Innovation District, is a technology park and innovation district in Midtown Houston which was established as a joint initiative between Rice University and the City of Houston. It has also bee ...

, a technology park in Houston, Texas * Ion (Greece), a town of ancient Laconia, Greece * Ion, Iowa, an unincorporated community in the United States * I'On, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, a neighborhood *

ION Orchard ION Orchard (pronounced as I-On), formerly known as the Orchard Turn Development or Orchard Turn Site, is a shopping mall in Singapore, next to Orchard MRT station. It is the retail component of an integrated retail and residential development ...

, a shopping mall in Singapore * Ion River, Romania

People

Ion (name) Ion is a masculine given name. The written form corresponds to two names that are different and unrelated in origin. The first is the Greek name (''Iōn)'', after the mythical founder of the Ionians; the modern (demotic) Greek equivalent is ''Ion ...

, both a given name and a surname

Ancient Greece

* ''Ion'' (dialogue), a dialogue by Plato, between Socrates and Ion, a reciter of epic poems *

Ion (mythology) According to Greek mythology, Ion (; ) was eponymous ancestor of the Ionians. Family Ion was the illegitimate child of Creüsa, the daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens and wife of Xuthus. His real father was the god Apollo. Mythology E ...

, the son of Xuthus and Creüsa, 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

Arts and entertainment

* ''I.O.N.'' (manga), a Japanese science fiction manga by Arina Tanemura *

Ion (DC Comics) Ion is a fictional character, a DC Comics superhero. Created by writer Judd Winick and artist Dale Eaglesham for ''Green Lantern (comic book), Green Lantern'' (vol. 3) #142, Ion was devised as the new superhero identity for ''Green Lantern'' prot ...

, a fictional character in the DC Comics universe *

Ion (Marvel Comics) Femizon is the name of two fictional groups appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Fictional team history Earth-712 Femizons The first group to be called Femizons were the women of Femizonia, a gynarchic future world in ...

, a super villain in the Marvel Comics universe * Fon Master Ion, from the video game ''

Tales of the Abyss ''Tales of the Abyss'' is an action role-playing game developed by Namco Tales Studio. It is the twelfth main title in their '' Tales'' series and was released in celebration of the series' 10th anniversary. Originally released for the PlayStat ...

'' *

Ion Television Ion Television (referred to on-air as simply Ion) is an American broadcast television network and FAST television channel owned by the Scripps Networks subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. The network first began broadcasting on August ...

, an American television network * Ion, a fictional religious figure in the SCP Foundation universe based on

Yaldabaoth Yaldabaoth, otherwise known as Jaldabaoth or Ialdabaoth (; ; ; ''Ialtabaôth''), is a malevolent God and demiurge (creator of the material world) according to various Gnostic sects, represented sometimes as a theriomorphic, lion-headed ser ...

* ''Ion'' (Talfourd play), an 1836 play by Thomas Talfourd

Computing and technology

Ion (window manager) In Unix computing, Ion is a tiling and tabbing window manager for the X Window System. It is designed such that it is possible to manage windows using only a keyboard, without needing a mouse. It is the successor of PWM and is written by the ...

, in computing a window manager for the X Window System *

Nvidia Ion Nvidia Ion was a product line of Nvidia, Nvidia Corporation intended for motherboards of low-cost portable computers. It used graphics processing units and chipsets intended for small products. Description First generation Nvidia Ion products incl ...

, an Nvidia platform for the Intel Atom CPU * Ion, a defunct communication network formerly advertised by

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* ION (satellite) (Illinois Observing Nanosatellite), a satellite from the University of Illinois *

Alesis Ion The Alesis Ion is an analog modeling synthesizer. It was announced during the NAMM Summer Session in 2002. Unlike the Alesis Andromeda, Alesis's analog synthesizer, its sounds are synthesized using DSP chips to mimic the sound of analog audio ...

, an analog-modeling synthesizer keyboard made by Alesis *

ION Audio ION Audio is a privately held consumer electronics manufacturer based in Cumberland, Rhode Island, United States. It is part of inMusic Brands. The company was founded in 2002 with the stated aim of providing easy-to-use audio products at an affor ...

, a brand of audio equipment manufacturer Numark Industries *

Ion (serialization format) Ion is a data serialization language developed by Amazon. It may be represented by either a human-readable text form or a compact binary form. The text form is a superset of JSON JSON (JavaScript Object Notation, pronounced or ) is an ...

, a data serialization language developed by Amazon *

Index to Organism Names The Index to Organism Names (ION) is an extensive compendium of scientific names of taxa at all ranks in the field of zoology, compiled from the Zoological Record (later supplemented with content from Sherborn's ''Index Animalium'') by its operato ...

(ION), a database of published names in zoology, indexing the content of ''The Zoological Record'' * Ion, a command line shell for Redox operating system

Transport

Peugeot iOn The Mitsubishi i-MiEV (MiEV is an acronym for ''Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle'') is a five-door electric car, electric city car produced in the 2010s by Mitsubishi Motors, and is the electric version of the Mitsubishi i. Badge engineer ...

, a rebadged Mitsubishi i-MiEV sold in Europe * Saturn Ion, an automobile formerly sold by General Motors *

Ion rapid transit Ion, stylized as ION, is an integrated public transportation network in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. It is operated by Keolis and is part of the Grand River Transit (GRT) system, partially replacing GRT's Route 200 ...

, a light rail system currently operating in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada * ION, IATA code for

Impfondo Airport Impfondo Airport is an airport serving the city of Impfondo, Republic of the Congo. The runway has an additional of paved overrun on each end. East approach and departure will cross the Ubangi River, which is the international border with the ...

, Republic of the Congo * U.S. Route 95 in Oregon, designated I.O.N. Highway No. 456

Other uses

Ion (chocolate) Ion Co., Ltd. of Cocoa and Chocolate Industry and Trade is a Greek chocolate company based in Neo Faliro since 1930 (Government Gazette 267/23.09.1930) and is considered one of the 50 largest Greek companies, with an annual turnover of over 118 .8 ...

, a Greek chocolate brand * Ion (paintball marker), made by Smart Parts * ''Ion'', a taxonomic synonym for the genus of violets, ''

Viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...