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cybernetician

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cy⋅ber⋅net⋅ics

  [sahy-ber-net-iks]
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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:
< Gk kybernt(ēs) helmsman, steersman (kybernē-, var. s. 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
cy⋅ber⋅net⋅i⋅cist, cy⋅ber⋅ne⋅ti⋅cian  [sahy-ber-ni-tish-uhn] , noun
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cy·ber·net·ics   (sī'bər-nět'ĭks)   
n.   (used with a sing. verb)
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.

[From Greek kubernētēs, governor, from kubernān, to govern.]
cy'ber·net'ic adj., cy'ber·net'i·cal·ly adv., cy'ber·net'i·cist, cy'ber·ne·ti'cian (-nĭ-tĭsh'ən) n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cy·ber·ne·ti·cian
Pronunciation: "sI-(")b&r-n&-'tish-&n
Function: noun
: a specialist in cybernetics

Main Entry: cy·ber·net·ics
Pronunciation: "sI-b&r-'net-iks
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
: thescience of communication and control theory that is concerned especially with the comparative study of automatic control systems (as the nervous system and brain and mechanical-electrical communicationsystems) —cy·ber·net·ic /-ik/ also cy·ber·net·i·cal /-i-k&l/ adjective —cy·ber·net·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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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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