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-tronics

-tronics suffix: forms the names of types of electronic devices and systems. Also used to form the name of a number of electronics and technology companies.

Suffix

-tronics

  1. Forms the names of types of electronic devices and systems. Also used to form the name of a number of electronics and technology companies.

Origin of -tronics

Formed from a rebracketing of electronics as elec + -tronics, rather than the original electron + -ic + -s; first attested in molectronics (1959)/moletronics (1962). Equivalent to -tron + -ic + -s.

Questions about -tronics

What does -tronics mean?
-tronics means forms the names of types of electronic devices and systems. Also used to form the name of a number of electronics and technology companies.
What part of speech is -tronics?
-tronics is a suffix.

Words near -tronics in the dictionary

  1. -tripsy
  2. -trix
  3. -trixes
  4. -troch
  5. -tron
  6. -tronics
  7. -trons
  8. -trop-
  9. -trope
  10. -troph
  11. -trophic

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