cybernetic

/ˌsaɪbə(ɹ)ˈnɛtɪk/

cybernetic

English Adj Top 36,741

Definition

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

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.