Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An organism, often a human, that has certain physiological processes enhanced or controlled by mechanical or electronic devices, especially when they are integrated with the nervous system.
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- noun science fiction a person who is part machine, a robot who is part organic
- noun science fiction a robot who has an organic past
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Marvel†™ s ultimate cyborg is back in this 7-issue Marvel Knights limited series written by Charlie Huston (MOON KNIGHT) and breathtakingly illustrated by Lan Medina (FOOLKILLER).
Marvel Comics for February 2010 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Look out world, Sarah Connor is out to give her son a normal life and not even a metallic cyborg from the future is going to stop that from happening.
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A cyborg is a symbiotic fusion of human and machine, originally envisioned as a human with machine modificationsand implants.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Cyborg Echoes: Collective Consciousness beyond the Post-Cyborg Era 2003
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A cyborg is a symbiotic fusion of human and machine, originally envisioned as a human with machine modificationsand implants.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Cyborg Echoes: Collective Consciousness beyond the Post-Cyborg Era 2003
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'cyborg' is way different than the vengeance triliogy, but fun as hell - you'll love it.
Universal and Focus Features Co-Producing Park Chan-Wook’s Thirst | /Film 2008
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I remember your hair and how it made you look like an elfin cyborg.
Thor's Day kschap 2009
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As, what I suppose is most aptly called a cyborg, she is the ultimate other, totally isolated yet profoundly superior to the rest of the human race.
Archive 2008-06-01 Erika Nelson 2008
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As, what I suppose is most aptly called a cyborg, she is the ultimate other, totally isolated yet profoundly superior to the rest of the human race.
Wonderful Women Erika Nelson 2008
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A cyborg is a human whose physiological and anatomical functions are augmented by mechanical or electronic means.
Terminator vs Robocop vs Predator | I Rate Science Fiction Doctors 2009
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This is the first major series since Dark Angel, however, to genuinely offer what may rightly be called a cyborg and one cannot help wondering if the choice of dark-haired actress Michelle Ryan for the new Jamie Sommers was influenced by Jessica Alba's role in that series.
Archive 2007-09-01 James F. McGrath 2007
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For instance, sometimes it is difficult to tell a bot from a troll, which is an antagonistic human just spoiling for a fight, or a cyborg, which is a human-run account that intermittently deploys a bot.
Who’s a Bot? Who’s Not? By 2020
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