adj

cybernetic

seye-buh-NEH-tihk

adj

Relating to cybernetics, the study of communication and automatic control in machines and living things.

"The lab researches cybernetic systems that mimic biological reflexes."

Relating to computers, robotics, or the internet.

"The film imagines a cybernetic future ruled by intelligent machines."

How to Use Cybernetic

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In plain EnglishTo do with cybernetics — the science of control and communication in machines, animals, or a mix of both (as in cyborgs).

Common pairings

cybernetic system cybernetic implant cybernetic organism

more cybernetic comparative, most cybernetic superlative

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The lab researches _____ systems that mimic biological reflexes.

From Ancient Greek kubernetikos ("good at steering"), the same root that gives us "govern"; first used in English in 1948.

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