positronic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /pɒz.ɪˈtɹɒn.ɪk/ (UK)
Etymology
From positron + -ic. The science fiction sense was coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941 in his short story "Liar!".
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to positrons.
The element bombarded should be of high isotopic content, and should not give any other positronic radioelement whose lifetime is comparable to the one looked for.
1937 September 1, Clifford Holley, Seymour Bernstein, “Grating Space of Barium-Copper-Stearate Films”, in Physical Review, volume 52, page 525:
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a supposed analogue of electronics using positrons
By exact count, there are seventy-five thousand, two hundred and thirty-four operations necessary for the manufacture of a single positronic brain.
1941 May, Isaac Asimov, “Liar!”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 27, number 3:
Antonyms
Translations (6)
cs positronový (Translations) · pt positrônico (Translations) · pt positrónico (Translations) · es positrónico (Translations) · ru позитро́нный (Translations) · it positronico (Translations)