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cybernetics

Main Entry:: cy·ber·net·ics
Pronunciation:: \ˌsī-bər-ˈne-tiks\
Function:: noun plural but singular in construction
Etymology:: Greek kybernētēs pilot, governor (from kybernan to steer, govern) + English -ics
Date:: 1948

: the science of communication and control theory that is concerned especially with the comparative study of automatic control systems (as the nervous system and brain and mechanical-electrical communication systems)

— cy·ber·net·ic

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\-tik\ also cy·ber·net·i·cal

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\-ti-kəl\ adjective

— cy·ber·net·i·cal·ly

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\-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

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