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cybernetic
[ sahy-ber-net-ik ]
adjective
- of or relating to cybernetics ( def ), the study of automatic control and communication functions in both living organisms and mechanical and electronic systems:
The self-regulating engineering devices of the mid-20th century inspired the cybernetic image of the brain as a computer.
- relating to or being a mechanical or electronic device implanted into or attached to a living organism to enhance or aid physiological functioning:
In the sci-fi movie, the hero’s nemesis acquires a six-legged spider-like cybernetic apparatus to replace his lost lower body.
Other yvlog Forms
- ··Ա··· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cybernetic1
Example Sentences
As a student, Harbisson had met Plymouth University cybernetics expert Adam Montandon, who enabled him to "hear" colour using headphones, a webcam and laptop - transforming light waves into sounds.
The “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” singers also released a behind-the-scenes video documenting how the digital avatars of its members came to be, acknowledging the reasoning for the existence of their cybernetic manifestations.
They recruited an eccentric British management consultant named Stafford Beer who applied pioneering cybernetic theory — essentially, the study of dynamic systems, and how different inputs create feedback into those systems — to business operations.
There will be no cybernetic android that lumbers over to your desk and takes over your work duties, no disembodied robot voice that suddenly assumes command over your department.
Musk added that he envisions Twitter as "a cybernetic collective mind for humanity."
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