cybernetics
the study of automatic control and communication functions in both living organisms and mechanical and electronic systems, involving the application of statistical mechanics to feedback: During WW II, cybernetics was used to develop radar-controlled antiaircraft guns; today the field is working on prosthetic arms and legs linked directly to the human nervous system.
Origin of cybernetics
1Other words from cybernetics
- cy·ber·net·ic, cy·ber·net·i·cal, adjective
- cy·ber·net·i·cist, cy·ber·ne·ti·cian [sahy-ber-ni-tish-uhn], /ˌsaɪ bər nɪˈtɪʃ ən/, noun
Words Nearby cybernetics
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How to use cybernetics in a sentence
They're all qualified cybernetics technicians; they can do this work better than this gang we've had to hire here.
Day of the Moron | Henry Beam PiperHer console's so simple anyone with a basic knowledge of computers and cybernetics could figure her out.
Where I Wasn't Going | Walt RichmondIt is not generally known that all the periodical publications for the world were put out by cybernetics.
Joy Ride | Mark MeadowsDr. Auerbach was playing around with a chemical approach to cybernetics.
Sense from Thought Divide | Mark Irvin CliftonHe got interested in neurology from the physics angle toward the end of his life, and contributed a lot to cybernetics.
Sentiment, Inc. | Poul William Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for cybernetics
/ (ˌsaɪbəˈnɛtɪks) /
(functioning as singular) the branch of science concerned with control systems in electronic and mechanical devices and the extent to which useful comparisons can be made between man-made and biological systems: See also feedback (def. 1)
Origin of cybernetics
1Derived forms of cybernetics
- cybernetic, adjective
- cyberneticist, noun
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Scientific definitions for cybernetics
[ sī′bər-nĕt′ĭks ]
The scientific study of communication and control processes in biological, mechanical, and electronic systems. Research in cybernetics often involves the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems.
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Cultural definitions for cybernetics
[ (seye-buhr-net-iks) ]
The general study of control and communication systems in living organisms and machines, especially the mathematical analysis of the flow of information. The term cybernetics was coined by Norbert Wiener, an American mathematician of the twentieth century.
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