Cybernetical

/ˌsaɪbərˈnɛtɪkəl/ adjective

Definition

Relating to or based on cybernetics; involving the study or application of control and feedback mechanisms in systems.

Etymology

From cybernetics with the adjectival suffix -al; cybernetics itself from Greek kybernan (to steer) and coined by Norbert Wiener in 1948 to describe self-governing systems.

Kelly Says

Norbert Wiener literally invented the word cybernetics during World War II while studying how anti-aircraft guns automatically adjust their aim—he realized the same steering principles apply to everything from organisms to economies!

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