psychotronics
A field of military technology dealing with electronic weapons or devices used to…A field of military technology dealing with electronic weapons or devices used to either degrade or enhance human health by directed energy.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A field of military technology dealing with electronic weapons or devices used to either degrade or enhance human health by directed energy.
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(uncountable)Synonym of parapsychology.
Origin
Blend of psycho- + electronics, on the model of French psychotronique coined by Fernand ClBlend of psycho- + electronics, on the model of French psychotronique coined by Fernand Clerc as "use of thought and will"; Clerc's term was popularized by the magazine Toute la Radio in January 1955, which speculated on the possibility of telekinesis.
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