— cybernetic, cybernetical , adj. — cybernetically , adv. — cyberneticist, cybernetician /suy'beuhr ni tish"euhn/ , n.
/suy'beuhr net"iks/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. )
the study of human control functions and of mechanical and electronic systems designed to replace them, involving the application of statistical mechanics to communication engineering.
[ kybernét ( es ) helmsman, steersman ( kyberne-, var. s. of kybernân to steer + -tes agent suffix) + -ICS; term introduced by Norbert Wiener in 1948 ]