cybernetic

[ sahy-ber-net-ik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to cybernetics ( def ), the study of automatic control and communication functions in both living organisms and mechanical and electronic systems:

   The self-regulating engineering devices of the mid-20th century inspired the cybernetic image of the brain as a computer.

2. relating to or being a mechanical or electronic device implanted into or attached to a living organism to enhance or aid physiological functioning:

   In the sci-fi movie, the hero’s nemesis acquires a six-legged spider-like cybernetic apparatus to replace his lost lower body.

Other Words From

• cy·ber·net·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of cybernetic¹

First recorded in 1945–50; back formation from cybernetics ( def )

Example Sentences

Though Vader wore his mask as part of a cybernetic survival suit, Kylo wears his for a variety of other reasons -- namely, vanity.

From TechCrunch

The game opens with a very cool scene that puts you in the chair at your local “ripperdoc” office, where an automated tool tattoos a cybernetic attachment to your palm.

From Time

Rocket has a “cybernetic skeletal structure, enhanced phalange and metacarpal bones, and a genetically augmented cerebral cortex.”

From The Daily Beast

It's equipped with what you might call a cybernetic brain—although that's pretty inadequate as a description.

From Project Gutenberg

Your complex human being is nothing but a fairly elaborate cybernetic machine operating wholly on feedback principles.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a lot of cybernetic and robotic equipment, and astrogational equipment, that had to be made from scratch.

From Project Gutenberg

Isn't that the created thing which the cybernetic system tries to follow?

From Project Gutenberg

It might easily increase the reliance of Earthfolk upon their cybernetic monsters.

From Project Gutenberg