Meanings
radionics1
- uncountableAny of several techniques supposed to detect and modulate "life forces" and to provide healing using various electric black boxes.First known use 20th c.
Tiller observes that pendulums, dowsing rods and radionics devices all serve to reduce the signal/noise ratio. They help the average individual who is not blessed with the gifts of concentration that are apparently inherent in gifted healers […]
2004, Daniel J. Benor, Consciousness, Bioenergy and Healing, page 465
radionics2
- historicalrareuncountableelectronics, especially in radio technology.First known use 20th c.
But it's also because the Cambridge is British made by Sinclair Radionics Ltd, Europe's largest calculator manufacturer, with all the cost advantages of scale that this entails.
1973 August 2, New Scientist, volume 59, number 857, page 273
Origin
radionics · noun
From radio- (“pertaining to rays or radiation”) + -onics.
Full word history & related roots →radionics · noun
- Latinradius
- Englishradio-
- Englishradionics
From radio- (“pertaining to radio waves”) + -onics.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Hungarian radionika
- radionikaTranslations
Spanish radiónica
- radiónicaTranslations
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