English

Adjective

positronic ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to positrons
2. (science fiction) Of or pertaining to a supposed analogue of electronics using positrons
   • 1941 April, Asimov, Isaac, “Reason”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 27, number 2, page 44:

     By exact count, there are seventy-five thousand, two hundred and thirty-four operations necessary for the manufacture of a single positronic brain.

Antonyms

• electronic

Translations

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-530567-8, page 151
• positronic adj. at the OED Science Fiction Citations Project