"bionics" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbaɪˌɒnɪks/ [UK]
Etymology: From bio- + electronics. Coined by US Air Force medical doctor Jack E. Steele in 1958 to refer to the "flow of concepts from biology to engineering and vice versa". Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bio|electronics}} bio- + electronics Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bionics (uncountable)
  1. The design of engineering systems, especially electronic ones, based on that of biological systems. Tags: uncountable Translations (engineering based on biological systems): biônica [feminine] (Brazilian Portuguese), бионика (bionika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), biónica [feminine] (European Portuguese), bioniikka (Finnish), bionique [feminine] (French), Bionik [feminine] (German), βιονική (vionikí) [feminine] (Greek), bitheonaic [feminine] (Irish), bionika [feminine] (Polish), biónica [feminine] (Spanish), біо́ніка (biónika) [feminine] (Ukrainian), phỏng sinh học (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-bionics-en-noun-bR90OZ3P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms prefixed with bio- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bio-: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'engineering based on biological systems': 90 10
  2. biomimetics Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-bionics-en-noun-XbswoCL8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bion (alt: cyborg), bionic, biotech [biotechnology, engineering, medicine, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]

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