electronica

[ ih-lek-tron-i-kuh, ee-lek- ]

noun
  1. a cover term for various genres of electronically generated music, usually excluding electronic dance music.

  2. electronic devices or technology collectively: Her house, her office, her car—all are loaded with electronica.

Origin of electronica

1
First recorded in 1975–80; after the British music label New Electronica, perhaps based on electronic + -a1, on the pattern of exotica

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British Dictionary definitions for electronica

electronica

/ (ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪkə, ˌiːlɛk-) /


pl n
  1. electronic equipment, systems, music, etc, collectively

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