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BIONICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bionics mean?
• BIONICS (noun)
The noun BIONICS has 1 sense:
1. application of biological principles to the study and design of engineering systems (especially electronic systems)
Familiarity information: BIONICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Application of biological principles to the study and design of engineering systems (especially electronic systems)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("bionics" is a kind of...):
applied science; engineering; engineering science; technology (the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems)
Derivation:
bionic (of or relating to bionics)
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