English Explanatory Dictionary

cybernetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

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

Pronunciation

/ˌsaɪbə(ɹ)ˈnɛtɪk/ /ˌsaɪbɚˈnɛtɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cybernetic.wav

Word forms

cybernetic more cybernetic most cybernetic

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.

Derived words

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

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