molectronicsn.
/ˌmɒlᵻkˈtrɒnɪks/, U.S. /ˌmɑləkˈtrɑnɪks/ = molecular electronics n. 1.
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microelectronics1959
molectronics1959
molecular electronics1959
moletronics1962
1959 Aviation Week 27 Apr. 54/1 Major new program in molecular electronics, called ‘molectronics’ for short,..has been launched at Westinghouse Electric Corp.
1962 Flight Internat. 82 634/1 This is the point at which solid-state molecular electronics (molectronics) emerged as a study in itself.
2000 Electronic Design (Nexis) 21 Feb. 60 Molectronics indeed was on its way [in 1960], but the dire warnings about passive components were premature.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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