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electronic (iou)



electronic adjective. E20.
[from ELECTRON noun2 + -IC.]
Of or pertaining to the electron or electrons. E20.
C. P. Snow The electronic structure of the specific atoms. P. W. Atkins Electronic transitions, when electrons are shifted from one region of an atom or molecule to another.
Designating a device that operates according to the principles or methods of electronics, such as a transistor microchip, or electron tube; operating by means of or employing such devices; (of a musical instrument) generating sound by such devices rather than by mechanical vibration; (of music) using sounds generated or modified electronically and usu. recorded on tape. E20.
Times The largest dollar order for electronic equipment..yet received in this country.
Of or pertaining to electronics; (of a person) expert in electronics. M20.
M. McLuhan The new electronic and organic age. Physics Bulletin The central part to be played by the electronics industry, and the electronic technician in particular.
Using the electronic transmission or storage of information, as by television or computer. L20.
Daily Telegraph Evangelists who have made the Electronic Church of the airwaves a power in the..life of the United States. British Medical Journal The launch of an electronic journal, Clinical Notes On-line.
Special collocations: electronic flash a very brief but bright flash of light obtained by discharging a capacitor through a gas-discharge tube; a flash-gun that produces such a flash. electronic mail the sending of non-spoken information between individuals over a telecommunication network to a location where it is stored for subsequent retrieval, usu. in a computer; information sent in this way. electronic publishing: in which texts are made available in magnetic or electronic form. electronic tag: see TAG noun1 10g. electronic tagging: see TAGGING noun 1(a). electronic typewriter: in which solid-state circuitry is used to provide facilities such as the storage of typed characters.
electronically adverb by electronic means; as regards an electron or electrons: E20.