cybernetic

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪbə(ɹ)ˈnɛtɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪbɚˈnɛtɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

cybernetic (comparative more cybernetic, superlative most cybernetic)

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

Derived terms

• cyber-
• cybernetics
• cybernetically
• cyber
• cyberneticism
• cyberneticist, cybernetician
• Lubarsky's law of cybernetic entomology

Translations

relating to the mathematical study of control

• Belarusian: кібернеты́чны (kibjernjetýčny)
• Catalan: cibernètic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 控制論／控制论 (zh) (kòngzhìlùn)

• Czech: kybernetický m
• Dutch: cybernetisch, stuurkundig
• Estonian: küberneetiline
• Finnish: kyberneettinen (fi)
• French: cybernétique (fr)
• German: kybernetisch (de)
• Greek: κυβερνητικός (el) (kyvernitikós)
• Icelandic: stýrifræðilegur
• Kazakh: кибернетикалық (kibernetikalyq)
• Polish: cybernetyczny (pl)
• Romanian: cibernetic (ro)
• Russian: кибернети́ческий (ru) (kibernɛtíčeskij)
• Spanish: cibernético (es)
• Ukrainian: кібернети́чний (kibernetýčnyj)

relating to computers and the Internet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: cyber-, computer-
• Finnish: kyber- (fi), kyberneettinen (fi)
• French: cybernétique (fr) m or f
• Spanish: cibernético (es)