bionic

«bionic» in Mova's school dictionary: electronic or mechanical and work like real ones, often… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (bionic)

meaning for a pupil

1) Having or being body parts that are electronic or mechanical and work like real ones, often better. tree →

2) (informal) Super-strong or with powers beyond normal. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and news, bionic arms, hands and eyes help people who have lost a limb or their sight. In TV and stories, bionic heroes run faster and see further. It mixes «biology» and «electronic».

examples

• She has a bionic hand that she controls with her arm muscles. tree →
• Scientists are building bionic eyes for blind people. tree →
• In the old TV show, the bionic man could run at 60 miles per hour. tree →
• My grandad joked that his new knee was bionic. tree →
• A bionic leg helped the athlete run again. tree →

note

Pronounced bye-ON-ik. Not every artificial limb is bionic; «bionic» usually means it has electronics and motors. Real bionic parts are helpful but not super-powered.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bionic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.