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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
/ ˌɪəˈɛɪ /
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
- 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
- ˌˈԱپ, adjective
- ˌˈԱپist, noun
Other Word Forms
- ··Ա· ··Ա·· adjective
- ··Ա·· ··Ա·پ· [sahy-ber-ni-, tish, -, uh, n], noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of cybernetics1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cybernetics1
Example Sentences
In electrical engineering there were clear applications for this kind of control theory and cybernetics.
The first is the stream of thought going back to Ross Ashby known as “management cybernetics,” which Davies clarifies.
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.
Mr. Hsu’s work is subtler, with flickers of surrealism, psychedelia and cybernetics.
But in so doing, all the sweeping assumptions underlying cybernetics are ignored, particularly the genesis of its development as a mathematical architecture of warfare and defense.
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