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cy·ber·net·ics

(sī′bər-nĕt′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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cybernetics

(ˌsaɪbəˈnɛtɪks)

(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 feedback¹

[C20: from Greek kubernētēs steersman, from kubernan to steer, control]

ˌcyberˈnetic, ˌcyberˈnetical adj

ˌcyberˈnetically adv

ˌcyberˈneticist, cybernetician n

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cy•ber•net•ics

(ˌsaɪ bərˈnɛt ɪks)

n. (used with a sing. v.)

the comparative study of organic control and communication systems, as the brain and its neurons, and mechanical or electronic systems analogous to them, as robots or computers.

[1948; < Greek kybernḗt(ēs) helmsman, steersman (kybernē-, variant s. of kybernân to steer + -tēs agent suffix) + -ics]

cy`ber•net′ic, cy`ber•net′i•cal, adj.

cy`ber•net′i•cal•ly, adv.

cy`ber•net′i•cist, cy`ber•ne•ti′cian (-nɪˈtɪʃ ən) n.

cy·ber·net·ics

(sī′bər-nĕt′ĭks)

The 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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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.

cybernetics

[ˌsaɪbəˈnetɪks] NSING → cibernética f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cybernetics

[ˌsaɪbə^rˈnɛtɪks] n → cybernétique f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cybernetics

[ˌsaɪbəˈnɛtɪks] nsg → cibernetica

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cy·ber·net·ics

n. cibernética, estudio del uso de medios electrónicos y mecanismos de comunicación aplicados a sistemas biológicos tales como los sistemas nervioso y cerebral.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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