bionics
/ˈbaɪˌɒnɪks/
构词拆解
bio-
前缀
- bio-
- Combining form of life. · Combining form of biological.
词源说明
From bio- + electronics. Coined by US Air Force medical doctor Jack E. Steele in 1958 to refer to the "flow of concepts from biology to engineering and vice versa".
释义
名词noun
- 1The design of engineering systems, especially electronic ones, based on that of biological systems.
- 2biomimetics