ionization

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Any process that leads to the dissociation of a neutral atom or molecule into charged particles ions; the state of being ionized.
2. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable)Alternative form of Ionicization.

   “We may also conclude that as it was the Ionic γένη of the Attic tetrapolis who in the main achieved the Ionization of Athens, so it was a branch of this same stock that settled at Delos […]”