electronic
[ih-lek-tron-ik, ee-lek-]
- of or relating to electronics or to devices, circuits, or systems developed through electronics.
- of or relating to electrons or to an electron.
- (of a musical instrument) using electric or electronic means to produce or modify the sound.
- of, relating to, or controlled by computers or computerized systems: electronic voting; an electronic document.
- of or noting computerized products, services, or technologies: electronic banking.
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Origin of electronic
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Contemporary Examples
Electronically, the brain center of the 777 is in its Airplane Information Management System, AIMS, in the electronics bay.
Electronically, that machine is the equivalent of an early transistor radio.
By the time Dutschke got arrested in January, the two pretty much hated each other electronically.
And please, buy the book here (it's available traditionally and electronically).
Not in person, but Chris and I had electronically met and exchanged emails.
Historical Examples
The two readings were electronically added and fed into the transducer for automatic transmission.
The Thirst QuenchersRick Raphael
The watchbird's electronically fast reflexes picked up the edge of a sensation.
WatchbirdRobert Sheckley
The pin-sets in turn were electronically geared into small dirigible light bombs.
The Game of Rat and DragonCordwainer Smith
TN: To assure a high quality text, the original was typed in (manually) twice and electronically compared.
A New Voyage to CarolinaJohn Lawson
electronic
- of, concerned with, using, or operated by devices in which electrons are conducted through a semiconductor, free space, or gas
- of or concerned with electronics
- of or concerned with electrons or an electronan electronic energy level in a molecule
- involving or concerned with the representation, storage, or transmission of information by electronic systemselectronic mail; electronic shopping
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usage
Electronic is used to refer to equipment, such as television sets, computers, etc, in which the current is controlled by transistors, valves, and similar components and also to the components themselves. Electrical is used in a more general sense, often to refer to the use of electricity as a whole as opposed to other forms of energy: electrical engineering; an electrical appliance. Electric, in many cases used interchangeably with electrical, is often restricted to the description of particular devices or to concepts relating to the flow of current: electric fire; electric charge
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Word Origin and History for electronically
electronic
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electronic
[ĭ-lĕk′trŏn′ĭk]
- Relating to electrical devices that amplify and process electrical signals. Audio amplifiers, radios, and digital circuitry are electronic devices.♦ The scientific study of the behavior and design of electronic devices and circuits is called electronics. Compare electric.
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