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electronics (n.)

1910, from electronic; also see -ics. The science of how electrons behave in vacuums, gas, semi-conductors, etc.

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electronic (adj.)
1901, "pertaining to electrons;" see electron + -ic; 1930 as "pertaining to electronics." Related: Electronically.
-ics 
in the names of sciences or disciplines (acoustics, aerobics, economics, etc.), a 16c. revival of the classical custom of using the neuter plural of adjectives with Greek -ikos "pertaining to" (see -ic) to mean "matters relevant to" and also as the titles of treatises about them. Subject matters that acquired their English names before c. 1500, however, tend to be singular in form (arithmetic, logic, magic, music, rhetoric). The grammatical number of words in -ics (mathematics is/mathematics are) is a confused question.

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electronics (n.)
the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices;
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