cybernetics

One entry found for cybernetics.

Main Entry: cy·ber·net·ics
Pronunciation: "sI-b&r-'ne-tiks
Function: noun plural but singular in construction
Etymology: Greek kybernEtEs pilot, governor (from kybernan to steer, govern) + English -ics
: 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 /-tik/ also cy·ber·net·i·cal /-ti-k&l/ adjective
- cy·ber·net·i·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb