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- electronics 1910, from ELECTRONIC (Cf. electronic); Cf. also -ICS (Cf. -ics). The science of how electrons behave in vacuums, gas, semi-conductors, etc.
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electronics — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Science of electrons Nouns 1. electronics, electron physics, electronic engineering, solid state electronics; musical instrument digital interface, MIDI; electron theory of atoms or solids;… … English dictionary for students
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