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cybernetic

cy·ber·ne·tic

UK/ˌsaɪbə(ɹ)ˈnɛtɪk/ US/ˌsaɪbɚˈnɛtɪk/ rare

adjective

1.

of or relating the principles of cybernetics

  • “cybernetic research”

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • cybernetic engineering
  • cybernetic organism
  • Lubarsky's law of cybernetic entomology

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