"bionics" meaning in English

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Noun

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-, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bio-: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'engineering based on biological systems': 86 14
  2. biomimetics Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-bionics-en-noun-XbswoCL8 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nanobionics Related terms: bion (alt: cyborg), bionic, biotech [biotechnology, engineering, medicine, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]
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