bionics en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /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".
Meanings
- (uncountable) The design of engineering systems, especially electronic ones, based on that of biological systems.
- (uncountable) biomimetics
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Translations (15)
fr bionique (engineering based on biological systems) · sl bionika (engineering based on biological systems) · pl bionika (engineering based on biological systems) · ga bitheonaic (engineering based on biological systems) · pt biônica (engineering based on biological systems) · fi bioniikka (engineering based on biological systems) · vi phỏng sinh học (engineering based on biological systems) · cs bionika (engineering based on biological systems) · de Bionik (engineering based on biological systems) · pt biónica (engineering based on biological systems) · uk біо́ніка (engineering based on biological systems) · bg бионика (engineering based on biological systems) · el βιονική (engineering based on biological systems) · cmn 仿生學 /仿生学 (engineering based on biological systems) · es biónica (engineering based on biological systems)