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laptronica

laptronica noun: musical output made with a laptop computer combined with electronic devices, portable enough for live performances.

Noun

laptronica (uncountable)

  1. Musical output made with a laptop computer combined with electronic devices, portable enough for live performances.
    • More recently, the notion of using a portable computer on stage became a reality and new forms of music including laptronica, the synthesis of laptop and electronica, were born.2012, Leigh Landy, Making Music with Sounds, Routledge, →ISBN, page 16

Origin of laptronica

Blend of laptop + electronica. The term gained a certain degree of currency in the 1990s.

Questions about laptronica

What does laptronica mean?
Laptronica means musical output made with a laptop computer combined with electronic devices, portable enough for live performances.
What part of speech is laptronica?
Laptronica is a noun.

Words near laptronica in the dictionary

  1. laptoplike
  2. laptopped
  3. laptopper
  4. laptoppers
  5. laptops
  6. laptronica
  7. Lapu-lapu
  8. Lapu-Lapu City
  9. Lapu2
  10. Lapua
  11. Lapugnoy

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