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noun (used with a singular verb)
the study of human control functions and of mechanical and electronic systems designed to replace them, involving the application of statistical mechanics to communication engineering.
Origin:
< Greek kybernḗt(ēs) helmsman, steersman (kybernē-, variant stem of kybernân to steer + -tēs agent suffix) + -ics; term introduced by Norbert Wiener in 1948
< Greek kybernḗt(ēs) helmsman, steersman (kybernē-, variant stem of kybernân to steer + -tēs agent suffix) + -ics; term introduced by Norbert Wiener in 1948
Related forms
cy·ber·net·ic, cy·ber·net·i·cal, adjective
cy·ber·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Cybernetician
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Word Origin & History
cybernetics
coined 1948 by U.S. mathematician Norbert Wiener (1894-1964) from Gk. kybernetes "steersman," perhaps based on 1830s Fr. cybernétique "the art of governing."
EXPAND"The future offers very little hope for those who expect that our new mechanical slaves will offer us a world in which we may rest from thinking. Help us they may, but at the cost of supreme demands upon our honesty and our intelligence." [Norbert Weiner, "God and Golem, Inc.," 1964]
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Medical Dictionary
cybernetics cy·ber·net·ics (sī'bər-nět'ĭks)
n.
The theoretical study of communication and control processes in biological, mechanical, and electronic systems, especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems.
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Science Dictionary
cybernetics  (sī'bər-nět'ĭks) Pronunciation Key
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 Dictionary
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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