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cybernetic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsaɪbɚˈnɛtɪk/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌsaɪbə(ɹ)ˈnɛtɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós, “good at steering, good pilot”), from κυβερνητική τέχνη (kubernētikḗ tékhnē, “the pilot’s art”), from Ancient Greek κυβερνισμός (kubernismós), κυβέρνησις (kubérnēsis, “steering, pilotage, guiding”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”) (which is also ultimately the root of govern). The term first recorded in English in 1948.

Meanings

  1. Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in living organisms or machines.
  2. Of or relating to computers and the Internet.

Forms

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most cybernetic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more cybernetic Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

cybernetics · Lubarsky's law of cybernetic entomology · cybernetically · neurocybernetic · cyber- · cyberneticize · cybernetician · cybernetic organism · cyberneticist · cyberneticism · cybernetic engineering · cyber · biocybernetic · cyborg · cybernation · sociocybernetic · cyberman

Translations (29)

fr cybernétique (relating to the mathematical study of control) · fi kyber- (relating to computers and the Internet) · nl computer- (relating to computers and the Internet) · el κυβερνητικός (relating to the mathematical study of control) · is stýrifræðilegur (relating to the mathematical study of control) · cmn 電腦的 /电脑的 (relating to computers and the Internet) · be кібернеты́чны (relating to the mathematical study of control) · pl cybernetyczny (relating to computers and the Internet) · ro cibernetic (relating to the mathematical study of control) · fi kyberneettinen (relating to the mathematical study of control) · uk кібернети́чний (relating to the mathematical study of control) · fi kyberneettinen (relating to computers and the Internet) · es cibernético (relating to the mathematical study of control) · nl stuurkundig (relating to the mathematical study of control) · sv cybernetisk (relating to the mathematical study of control) · et küberneetiline (relating to the mathematical study of control) · es cibernético (relating to computers and the Internet) · cmn 控制論的 /控制论的 (relating to the mathematical study of control) · de kybernetisch (relating to the mathematical study of control) · kk кибернетикалық (relating to the mathematical study of control) · ru кибернети́ческий (relating to the mathematical study of control) · nl cybernetisch (relating to the mathematical study of control) · da kybernetisk (relating to the mathematical study of control) · ca cibernètic (relating to the mathematical study of control) · cmn 互聯網的 /互联网的 (relating to computers and the Internet) · nl cyber- (relating to computers and the Internet) · fr cybernétique (relating to computers and the Internet) · cs kybernetický (relating to the mathematical study of control) · pl cybernetyczny (relating to the mathematical study of control)