"bion" meaning in English

See bion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbaɪɒn/ Forms: bions [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from bionic. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|bionic}} Back-formation from bionic Head templates: {{en-noun}} bion (plural bions)
  1. (science fiction) A cyborg or robot. Related terms: bionic
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Robotics Disambiguation of Robotics: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈbaɪɒn/ Forms: bions [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English -on English bion From bio- + -on. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|bio-|-on<id:unit>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English -on English bion [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "live", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gʷeyh₃-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βῐ́ος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βῐο-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bio-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "unit", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-on", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bion", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="bion"> From bio- + -on. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bion (plural bions)
  1. The smallest microscopic unit of orgone.
    Sense id: en-bion-en-noun-OWe-bP6q Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -on (unit), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Orgonomy Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -on (unit): 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Orgonomy: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Robotics Disambiguation of Robotics: 0 0

Inflected forms

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