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cybernetic

/ˌsaɪbɚˈnɛtɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.63 in modern English

Syllables
cy-ber-net-ic
IPA
/ˌsaɪbɚˈnɛtɪk/
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in living organisms or machines.

adj

Of or relating to computers and the Internet.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós, “good at steering, good pilot”), from κυβερνητική τέχνη (kubernētikḗ tékhnē, “the pilot’s art”), from Ancient Greek κυβερνισμός (kubernismós), κυβέρνησις (kubérnēsis, “steering, pilotage, guiding”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”) (which is also ultimately the root of govern). The term first recorded in English in 1948.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: κυβερνισμός

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌsaɪbɚˈnɛtɪk/
  • British English: /ˌsaɪbə(ɹ)ˈnɛtɪk/

Inflected Forms

more cybernetic (comparative) most cybernetic (superlative)

Derived Forms

biocybernetic cyber cyberman cybernation cybernetically cyberneticism cyberneticist cybernetician cyberneticize cybernetics cyborg neurocybernetic

Phrases

cyber- cybernetic engineering cybernetic organism Lubarsky's law of cybernetic entomology

Rhymes With

genetic magnetic non-magnetic athletic pathetic aesthetic sympathetic energetic poetic diabetic kinetic anesthetic

Questions

How do you pronounce cybernetic?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsaɪbɚˈnɛtɪk/.
What does cybernetic mean?
Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in living organisms or machines.
Where does cybernetic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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