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-tronics
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Etymology
Formed from a rebracketing of electronics as elec + -tronics, rather than the original electron + -ic + -s; first attested in en molectronics (1959)/en moletronics (1962).electronics n 5208263978 March 2026 Equivalent to en -tron -ic -s.
Suffix
Forms the names of types of electronic devices and systems. Also used to form the name of a number of electronics and technology companies.
Derived terms
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