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electronics

[ ih-lek-tron-iks, ee-lek- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

(used with a singular verb) the science dealing with the development and application of devices and systems involving the flow of electrons in a vacuum, in gaseous media, and in semiconductors.
(used with a plural verb) electronic devices, circuits, or systems developed through electronics:
Can you get through the day without using your phone or other electronics?

electronics

/ ˌiːlɛk-; ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪks /

functioning as singular the science and technology concerned with the development, behaviour, and applications of electronic devices and circuits
functioning as plural the circuits and devices of a piece of electronic equipment
the electronics of a television set

First recorded in 1905–10; electronic, -ics

This return scam involved purchasing broken electronics off the auction site and then buying new items off store shelves.

Both get electronics, but the proffered image for boys is a microphone; for girls, a radio.

There are even electronics like iPhone and iPod docking stations and an assortment of pricey pens intended for the pontiff.

Jimbo and I sat next to each other, Indian style, and leaned against the stack of black Hefty bags and electronics.

And he would transform the electronics market that Edison had helped forge.

As a first step, he had spent a year as Pudzy, a college boy, studying electronics and modern skills of all kinds.

The "czar" could be a good electronics technician interested both in programming and in physics.

There is an electronics firm just five stories above her fiance, and perhaps, she reasons, there is interference of a sort here.

Is it possible that could have been a reference to past training during the Marines when he was trained in electronics?

No, but he was a Marine and he had been trained as an electronics radar specialist.

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