positronic
English
Etymology
positron + -ic. The science fiction sense was coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941 in his short story "Liar!".
Pronunciation
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Adjective
positronic (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to positrons.
- 1937 September 1, Clifford Holley and Seymour Bernstein, “Grating Space of Barium-Copper-Stearate Films”, in Physical Review, volume 52, page 525:
- The element bombarded should be of high isotopic content, and should not give any other positronic radioelement whose lifetime is comparable to the one looked for.
- (science fiction) Of or pertaining to a supposed analogue of electronics using positrons
- 1941 May, Isaac Asimov, “Liar!”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 27, number 3:
- By exact count, there are seventy-five thousand, two hundred and thirty-four operations necessary for the manufacture of a single positronic brain.
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References
- Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “positronic”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 151.
- Template:R:OED SF
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