Meanings
nounelectronic dance music (uncountable)
- uncountableentertainmentA field of modern popular music, encompassing house, techno and other genres of percussive dance music whose creation involves electronic devices.
Some music, such as electronic dance music, is completely produced electronically and new practices have developed such as live coding, circuit bending, and chipmusic.
2014, William Forde Thompson, Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 電子舞曲 /电子舞曲
- 電子舞曲 /电子舞曲 (diànzǐ wǔqū)a genre of percussive electronic music
Czech elektronická taneční hudba
- elektronická taneční hudbaa genre of percussive electronic music
Finnish elektroninen tanssimusiikki
- elektroninen tanssimusiikkia genre of percussive electronic music
Japanese エレクトロニック・ダンス・ミュージック
- エレクトロニック・ダンス・ミュージック (erekutoronikku dansu myūjikku)a genre of percussive electronic music
Korean 일렉트로닉 댄스 뮤직
- 일렉트로닉 댄스 뮤직 (illekteuronik daenseu myujik)a genre of percussive electronic music
Malay muzik tarian elektronik
- muzik tarian elektronika genre of percussive electronic music
Polish elektroniczna muzyka taneczna, muzyka klubowa
- elektroniczna muzyka tanecznaa genre of percussive electronic music
- muzyka klubowaa genre of percussive electronic music
Russian электро́нная танцева́льная му́зыка
- электро́нная танцева́льная му́зыка (elektrónnaja tanceválʹnaja múzyka)a genre of percussive electronic music
Vietnamese nhạc điện tử
- nhạc điện tửa genre of percussive electronic music
Cite this entry
APA
electronic dance music. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electronic%20dance%20music
MLA
“electronic dance music.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electronic%20dance%20music. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electronic dance music,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electronic%20dance%20music.
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