e‧lec‧tron‧ic S3 W3 / elɪktrɒnɪk, ɪlek- $ -trɑ- / 形容词

1 electronic equipment, such as computers and televisions, uses electricity that has passed through computer chip s, transistor s etc :

electronic games

an electronic organizer (= a small piece of electronic equipment that you can use to record addresses, phone numbers etc )

2 using or produced by electronic equipment → e- :

electronic music

electronic banking

electronic publishing (= a system of producing books, magazines etc in a form that can be read on a computer )

— electronically / -kli / 副词 :

electronically controlled gates

The information is recorded electronically.

THESAURUS

electric used about something that works using electricity : an electric kettle | Is your cooker electric or gas?

electrical used about things in general that use electricity, or people whose job is to make or repair these things : a company manufacturing electrical goods | an electrical engineer

electronic used about equipment such as computers and televisions that work by using extremely small electrical parts, or about systems that work using computers : Most kids love electronic games. | Email is the short word for electronic mail.