electronica
/ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪkə
/noun [mass noun]
1A popular style of music deriving from techno and rave and having a more ambient, esoteric, or cerebral quality.He is long credited as the master of fusing Indian classical music with electronica....
- Her releases, flirting in turn with ambient, electronica, techno, dub and industrial have proven to be enduring records.
- But they consistently stock their shelves with quality, alternative music, electronica and what have you.
2Electronic devices or technology considered collectively.On show at the Electronica show was a device for controlling start and stop of motors without sensors....
- Who can bring a tear to your eye with a high tech electronica gadget that sits comfortably in the palm of his hand?
Origin
1990s: from electronic + -a2.
Rhymes
- transparent
- transparently
- transparentness
- transperson
- transpersonal
- transphobia
- transphobic
- transpicuous
- transpierce
- transpirable
- transpiration
- transpiration stream
- transpire
- transplant
- transplantable
- transplantation
- transplanter
- transponder
- transpontine
- transport
- transportability
- transportable
- transportation
- transport cafe
- transport café