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# bionic

adjective (bionic)

«bionic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Having or being body parts that are electronic or mechanical and work like real ones, often better. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bionic/#m1)
2. (informal) Super-strong or with powers beyond normal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bionic/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and news, bionic arms, hands and eyes help people who have lost a limb or their sight. In TV and stories, bionic heroes run faster and see further. It mixes «biology» and «electronic».

### Examples

- She has a bionic hand that she controls with her arm muscles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bionic/#x1)
- Scientists are building bionic eyes for blind people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bionic/#x2)
- In the old TV show, the bionic man could run at 60 miles per hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bionic/#x3)
- My grandad joked that his new knee was bionic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bionic/#x4)
- A bionic leg helped the athlete run again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bionic/#x5)

### Note

Pronounced bye-ON-ik. Not every artificial limb is bionic; «bionic» usually means it has electronics and motors. Real bionic parts are helpful but not super-powered.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bionic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bionic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bionic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bionic.html) on Mova free.