electronic
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See also: electrònic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛl.ɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/, /ˌɛl.ɪkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/, /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/, /ˌi.lɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/, /əˌlɪkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/, (from electron /əˈlɛktɹɑn/) /əˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Adjective
electronic (not comparable)
- (physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
- Operating on the physical behavior of electrons, especially in semiconductors.
- Generated by an electronic device.
- electronic music
- Of or pertaining to the Internet.
- 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:
- In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.
Derived terms
English terms starting with “electronic”
- acoustoelectronic
- bioelectronic
- bionic
- cryoelectronic
- cybertronic
- dielectronic
- digitron
- electronically
- electronic babysitter
- electronic benefit transfer
- electronic body music
- electronic book
- electronic brain
- electronic car key
- electronic cigar
- electronic cigarette
- electronic circuit
- electronic collar
- electronic commerce
- electronic communication
- electronic computer
- electronic cottage
- electronic dance music
- electronic data interchange
- electronic game
- electronic intelligence
- electronicist
- electronicky
- electronic mail
- electronic media
- electronic music
- electronic organ
- electronic publishing
- electronic resource
- electronic rock
- electronic sackbut
- electronic signature
- electronic smog
- electronic sport
- electronic stability control
- electronic superhighway
- electronification
- electronified
- electronify
- ELINT
- emotronic
- heatronic
- immunoelectronic
- interelectronic
- isoelectronic
- magnetoelectronic
- microelectronic
- monoelectronic
- morphoelectronic
- multielectronic
- nanoelectronic
- neuroelectronic
- neurotronic
- nonelectronic
- optoelectronic
- optronic
- photoelectronic
- piezoelectronic
- polyelectronic
- postelectronic
- preelectronic
- psychoelectronic
- quadruelectronic
- quantized electronic structure
- radioelectronic
- rocktronic
- spintronic
- stereoelectronic
- technetronic
- thermoelectronic
- topotronic
- trielectronic
- unelectronic
- unielectronic
- vibronic
Related terms
Translations
pertaining to electrons
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operating on behavior of electrons
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generated by electronic device
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of or pertaining to the Internet
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Pronunciation
Adjective
electronic (not comparable)
Etymology
Borrowed from French électronique. By surface analysis, electron + -ic.
Adjective
electronic m or n (feminine singular electronică, masculine plural electronici, feminine and neuter plural electronice)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative | indefinite | electronic | electronică | electronici | electronice | |||
| definite | electronicul | electronica | electronicii | electronicele | ||||
| genitive- dative | indefinite | electronic | electronice | electronici | electronice | |||
| definite | electronicului | electronicei | electronicilor | electronicelor | ||||
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