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cybernetics
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cy·ber·net·ics  (sbr-ntks)
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 kubernts, governor, from kubernn, to govern.]
cyber·netic adj.
cyber·neti·cal·ly adv.
cyber·neti·cist, cyber·ne·tician (-n-tshn) n.
cybernetics [ˌsaɪbəˈnɛtɪks]
n
(Engineering / General Engineering) (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 [1]
[from Greek kubernētēs steersman, from kubernan to steer, control]
cybernetic  adj
cyberneticist  n
cybernetics  (sbr-ntks)
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 comparative study of complex electronic devices and the nervous system in an attempt to understand better the nature of the human brain. — cyberneticist, n. — cybernetic, adj.
See also: Automation
the comparative study of complex electronic devices and the nervous system in an attempt to understand better the nature of the human brain. — cyberneticist, n. — cybernetic, adj.
See also: Brain
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cybernetics - (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
informatics, information processing, information science, IP - the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
Translations
cybernetics [ˌsaɪbəˈnetɪks] NSING → cibernética f
cybernetics [ˌsaɪbərˈnɛtɪks] n → cybernétique f
cybernetics [ˌsaɪbəˈnɛtɪks] nsg → cibernetica
cybernetics [ˌsaɪbəˈnɛtɪks] nsg → cibernetica


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Capital capitalizes, assimilates, makes its own substance, revitalizing its being, a vast metabolism absorbing even the most ancient exchanges, running away, as the cyberneticians put it, performing, as it does, its own anthropomorphosis, its triumph the triumph of mediation--and, let's not forget, it organizes, capital organizes, capital is "an organizing," organizing social forms.
Why not say what happens? by Joseph, Lawrence / Commonweal
The Fun Palace was designed together with two other legendary figures: the cybernetician Gordon Pask and the theatrical impresario Joan Littlewood, together they evolved an all-purpose activity space with infinitely movable, removable and interchangeable elements: turntable escalators, foldaway roofs and the like.
The man who changed England by Cook, Peter / The Architectural Review
With the guidance of Gordon Pask, the British cybernetician and cognitive scientist, the idea was developed that the combination of human being and machine-environment forms a reciprocal learning system, each building his/her/its knowledge from what he/she/it learns about the other.
Visible and invisible complexities by Abel, Chris / The Architectural Review
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