cybernetic
/ˌsaɪbə(ɹ)ˈnɛtɪk/US/ˌsaɪbɚˈnɛtɪk/
cybernetic adjective: of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in living organisms or machines.
Adjective
cybernetic (comparative more cybernetic, superlative most cybernetic)
- Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in living organisms or machines.
- Of or relating to computers and the Internet.
cybernetic meaning in Tamil
cybernetic in Tamil
- தன்னாள்கிற, தற்கட்டுப்பாடு அமைக்கும்
Forms of cybernetic
| comparative | more cybernetic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cybernetic |
Origin of cybernetic
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.
Words formed from cybernetic
Phrases with cybernetic
Words that rhyme with cybernetic
- sympathetic
- hermetic
- kinetic
- athletic
- genetic
- magnetic
- energetic
- pathetic
- syndetic
- aesthetic
- diabetic
- diaeretic
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- frenetic
- mimetic
- peripatetic
- planetic
- poetic
- tonetic
- abietic
- anesthetic
- anoetic
- anuretic
- apathetic
- ascetic
- auxetic
- dietetic
- epithetic
- Helvetic
- parasympathetic
- parenthetic
- phyletic
- Sidetic
- splenetic
- synaeretic
- synizetic
- tabetic
- threnetic
- alexipyretic
- algetic
- alphabetic
- alphametic
- amuletic
- analgetic
- anchoretic
- anoretic
- aphetic
- aporetic
- archegetic
- asyndetic
- auletic
- autonoetic
- balletic
- Baphometic
- cardioparasympathetic
- cardiosympathetic
- cometic
- conspiracy-theoretic
- cynegetic
- diagenetic
- diakinetic
Questions about cybernetic
- What does cybernetic mean?
- Cybernetic means of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in living organisms or machines.
- What is cybernetic in Tamil?
- Cybernetic in Tamil is தன்னாள்கிற, தற்கட்டுப்பாடு அமைக்கும். See Cybernetic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cybernetic?
- Cybernetic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cybernetic?
- Cybernetic is pronounced /ˌsaɪbə(ɹ)ˈnɛtɪk/ (UK).
Words near cybernetic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cybernetic (page history and authors); cybernetic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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