electronic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.
Latin ēlectrum
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
New Latin ēlectricusbor.
English electric
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti
Proto-Hellenic *éimi
Ancient Greek εἶμι (eîmi)der.
English ion
English electron
▲
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English electronic
From electron + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: electronics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Operating on the physical behavior of electrons, especially in semiconductors.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: electronic timer
gloss: Generated or transmitted by an electronic device.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: electronic music
gloss: Of or pertaining to digital or computer technology.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Denoting a method analogous to the named non-electronic object or practice
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: electronic mail
electronic signature
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Internet.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: 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.
gloss: A device which runs on electricity.
pos: noun
Related words: electric
electrical
Derived words: acoustoelectronic
bioelectronic
bionic
cryoelectronic
cybertronic
dielectronic
digitron
electronically
electronic babysitter
electronic benefit transfer
electronic body music
electronic book
electronic brain
electronic calculator
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 document
electronic flight bag
electronic fog
electronic game
electronic intelligence
electronicist
electronic keyboard
electronicky
electronic mail
electronic media
electronic music
electronic organ
electronic paper
electronic picking
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
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: elektroniese
lang: Albanian
word: elektronik
lang: Arabic
word: إِلِكْتْرُونِي
roman: ʔiliktrōniyy
lang: Arabic
word: إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ
roman: ʔelektrōniyy
lang: Belarusian
word: электро́нны
roman: eljektrónny
lang: Bulgarian
word: електро́нен
roman: elektrónen
lang: Catalan
word: electrònic
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 電子的 /电子的
roman: diànzǐ de
lang: Czech
word: elektronový
lang: Danish
word: elektronisk
lang: Dutch
word: elektronen-
lang: Esperanto
word: elektronika
lang: Finnish
word: elektroni-
lang: French
word: électronique
lang: Galician
word: electrónico
lang: German
word: elektronisch
lang: Greek
word: ηλεκτρονιακός
roman: ilektroniakós
lang: Hebrew
word: אלקטרוני
roman: elektróni
lang: Ido
word: elektronala
lang: Indonesian
word: elektronik
lang: Italian
word: elettronico
lang: Japanese
word: 電子
roman: denshi
lang: Kazakh
word: электрондық
roman: élektrondyq
lang: Khmer
word: អសន្យាណូ
roman: ʼaʼsɑnyaanou
lang: Korean
word: 전자
roman: jeonja
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئەلیکترۆنی
roman: elîktronî
lang: Latvian
word: elektronisks
lang: Lithuanian
word: elektroninis
lang: Macedonian
word: електронски
roman: elektronski
lang: Māori
word: tāhiko
lang: Norwegian
word: elektronisk
lang: Persian
word: الکترونی
roman: elekteroni
lang: Plautdietsch
word: ellektronisch
lang: Polish
word: elektronowy
lang: Brazilian Portuguese
word: eletrônico
lang: European Portuguese
word: eletrónico
lang: Romanian
word: electronic
lang: Russian
word: электро́нный
roman: elektrónnyj
lang: Sicilian
word: alittrònicu
lang: Spanish
word: electrónico
lang: Swedish
word: elektron-
lang: Tagalog
word: dagisikin
lang: Tajik
word: электронӣ
roman: elektroni
lang: Turkish
word: elektronik
lang: Ukrainian
word: електро́нний
roman: elektrónnyj