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Synonyms for cybernetics

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sahy-ber-net-iks
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsaɪ bərˈnɛt ɪks


Définition of cybernetics

Origin :
  • coined 1948 by U.S. mathematician Norbert Wiener (1894-1964) from Greek kybernetes "steersman" (metaphorically "guide, governor") + -ics; perhaps based on 1830s French cybernétique "the art of governing."
  • The future offers very little hope for those who expect that our new mechanical slaves will offer us a world in which we may rest from thinking. Help us they may, but at the cost of supreme demands upon our honesty and our intelligence. [Norbert Weiner, "God and Golem, Inc.," 1964]
  • noun science studying brain function to design analagous mechanical systems
Example sentences :
  • Cybernetics gained its monopoly by cutting costs of production.
  • Extract from : « Joy Ride » by Mark Meadows
  • During the indoctrination period you will do a very simple routine job in coordination with the cybernetics machines.
  • Extract from : « The Victor » by Bryce Walton
  • Cybernetics is a combined study of machines and the human nervous system.
  • Extract from : « The Caves of Fear » by John Blaine
  • Her console's so simple anyone with a basic knowledge of computers and cybernetics could figure her out.
  • Extract from : « Where I Wasn't Going » by Walt Richmond
  • He got interested in neurology from the physics angle toward the end of his life, and contributed a lot to cybernetics.
  • Extract from : « Sentiment, Inc. » by Poul William Anderson
  • A cybernetics engineer and machine tender, he was down to ten hours a week of work.
  • Extract from : « The Junkmakers » by Albert R. Teichner
  • It is not generally known that all the periodical publications for the world were put out by Cybernetics.
  • Extract from : « Joy Ride » by Mark Meadows
  • Dr. Auerbach was playing around with a chemical approach to cybernetics.
  • Extract from : « Sense from Thought Divide » by Mark Irvin Clifton

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