Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.

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  • prefix electricity or electrical
  • prefix music electronic and/or incorporating elements of electro(-funk)

Etymologies

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From Latin electrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (elektron, "amber") (a natural resin, which - when rubbed - produces static electricity).

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Examples

  • Instead my kids are part of the digital generation, born to the bip-bip-bip of Space Invaders and 80s electro-pop.

    Will computer games kill off the novel? 2011

  • On Form & Control, they stick to a conventional disco/funk template whorls of synth, stabbing horns and frost it with stomping electro-pop.

    Phenomenal Handclap Band: Form & Control – review 2012

  • Earlier, emerging Toronto artist Lights impressed with her electro-pop.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Simona Rabinovitch 2011

  • Elsewhere, the singer bemoans her attraction to conflicted people on "The Broken Ones," endears herself in the rollicking electro- dance of "Billy the Kid" and sounds charming and downcast on "Daniel."

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • The Senso's bio-metric interior, for example, was developed with the universities of Zurich and Innsbruck, using electro- luminescent film technology created by Bayer Material Science and Lumitec.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

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