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bionics

UK/ˈbaɪˌɒnɪks/

bionics noun: the design of engineering systems, especially electronic ones, based on that of biological systems.

Noun

bionics (uncountable)

  1. The design of engineering systems, especially electronic ones, based on that of biological systems.
  2. biomimetics

bionics meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Vietnamese

bionics in Tamil

உயிரின மின்னணுயியல், உயிர் மின்துகளியல், உயிர் மின்னணுவியல், உயிர் மின்னியல்

bionics in Bengali

বায়োনিক্স, জীবপ্রকৌশল

bionics in Kannada

ಜೀವಸಾಮ್ಯ ತಂತ್ರ, ಜೀವತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ

bionics in Vietnamese

engineering based on biological systems
phỏng sinh học

Origin of bionics

From bio- + electronics. Coined by US Air Force medical doctor Jack E. Steele in 1958 to refer to the "flow of concepts from biology to engineering and vice versa".

Words formed from bionics

Questions about bionics

What does bionics mean?
Bionics means the design of engineering systems, especially electronic ones, based on that of biological systems.
What is bionics in Tamil?
Bionics in Tamil is உயிரின மின்னணுயியல், உயிர் மின்துகளியல், உயிர் மின்னணுவியல். See Bionics meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bionics?
Bionics is a noun.
How do you pronounce bionics?
Bionics is pronounced /ˈbaɪˌɒnɪks/ (UK).

Words near bionics in the dictionary

  1. Bionian
  2. bionic
  3. bionic ear
  4. bionic ears
  5. bionically
  6. bionics
  7. bionomenclature
  8. bionomic
  9. bionomical
  10. bionomically
  11. bionomics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bionics (page history and authors); bionics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bionics (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bionics (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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