bionic
pronunciation
How to pronounce bionic in British English:
UK [baɪˈɒnɪk]
How to pronounce bionic in American English:
US [baɪˈɑnɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to bionics
- having particular physiological functions augmented or replaced by electronic or electromechanical components
Word Origin
- bionic (adj.)
- 1901, as a term in the study of fossils, from Greek. bios "life" (see bio-). Meaning "pertaining to bionics" is recorded from 1963. Popular sense of "superhumanly gifted or durable" is from 1976, from popular U.S. television program "The Bionic Man" and its spin-offs.
Example
- 1. Analysis of scaling effect on bionic flying micro-robot .
- 2. In the following chapters I survey this unified bionic frontier .
- 3. Bionic architecture has become a new trend .
- 4. Part man , part machine , all scottish : campbell aird received the first complete bionic arm in 1998 .
- 5. It 's really marrying fully integrated electronics to the skin , a non-permanent bionic interface .