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cybernetics
 
SYLLABICATION:cy·ber·net·ics
PRONUNCIATION:  sbr-ntks
NOUN:(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.
ETYMOLOGY:From Greek kubernts, governor, from kubernn, to govern.
OTHER FORMS:cyber·neticADJECTIVE
cyber·neti·cal·lyADVERB
cyber·neti·cist, cyber·ne·tician (-n-tshn) —NOUN
 
 
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