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cybernetics
[ sahy-ber-net-iks ]
noun
- the study of automatic control and communication functions in both living organisms and mechanical and electronic systems, involving the application of statistical mechanics to feedback:
During WW II, cybernetics was used to develop radar-controlled antiaircraft guns; today the field is working on prosthetic arms and legs linked directly to the human nervous system.
cybernetics
/ ˌsaɪbəˈnɛtɪks /
noun
- functioning as singular the branch of science concerned with control systems in electronic and mechanical devices and the extent to which useful comparisons can be made between man-made and biological systems See also feedback
cybernetics
/ sī′bər-nĕt′ĭks /
- 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.
cybernetics
- 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.
Derived Forms
- ˌcyberˈnetic, adjective
- ˌcyberˈneticist, noun
Other Words From
- cy·ber·net·ic cy·ber·net·i·cal adjective
- cy·ber·net·i·cist cy·ber·ne·ti·cian [sahy-ber-ni-, tish, -, uh, n], noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of cybernetics1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cybernetics1
Example Sentences
They're all qualified cybernetics technicians; they can do this work better than this gang we've had to hire here.
Her console's so simple anyone with a basic knowledge of computers and cybernetics could figure her out.
It is not generally known that all the periodical publications for the world were put out by Cybernetics.
Dr. Auerbach was playing around with a chemical approach to cybernetics.
He got interested in neurology from the physics angle toward the end of his life, and contributed a lot to cybernetics.
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