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cybergenetic

cybergenetic adjective: created by computer in imitation of life.

Adjective

cybergenetic (not comparable)

  1. Created by computer in imitation of life
    • In the background is a matrix of her mixed cybergenetic kin, all resulting from different "racial" crosses effected by a computer program.1997, Donna J. Haraway, Modest_Witness@Second_Millennium.FemaleMan©_Meets_OncoMouse™, →ISBN, page 259
  2. Of or pertaining to the interface between the electronic and the biological
    • I'm surprised they don't have some kind of cybergenetic plug in the back of their heads.2004 April 18, Richard Fausset, quoting Mike Carlson, “El Camino Is Academic Champ -- Again”, in Los Angeles Times, page B1

Origin of cybergenetic

From cyber- + genetic.

Questions about cybergenetic

What does cybergenetic mean?
Cybergenetic means created by computer in imitation of life.
What part of speech is cybergenetic?
Cybergenetic is an adjective.

Words near cybergenetic in the dictionary

  1. cybergangsters
  2. cybergeddon
  3. cybergeek
  4. cybergeeks
  5. cybergeneration
  6. cybergenetic
  7. cybergenic
  8. cybergenre
  9. cybergenres
  10. cyberghetto
  11. cyberghettos

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