radionics
English
Etymology 1
From radio- (“pertaining to rays or radiation”) + (electr)onics.
Noun
radionics (uncountable)
- Any of several techniques supposed to detect and modulate "life forces" and to provide healing using various electric black boxes. [from 20th c.]
- 2004, Daniel J. Benor, Consciousness, Bioenergy and Healing (page 465)
- 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)
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Etymology 2
From radio- (“pertaining to radio waves”) + (electr)onics.
Noun
radionics (uncountable)
- (US, rare, now historical) Electronics, especially in radio technology. [from 20th c.]
- 1973, New Scientist (volume 59, number 857, 2 August 1973, page 273)
- 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, New Scientist (volume 59, number 857, 2 August 1973, page 273)
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