Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To control (an industrial process) by computer.

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  • verb control a function, process, or creation by a computer

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[cybern(etics) + –ate.]

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Examples

  • No available models can adequately, much less precisely, predict the rate at which an industry will cybernate as a response to domestic or foreign competition or the degree to which other unanticipated changes in associated technologies and products — not to mention the interplay of economic, humanitarian, public relations, and other factors — may make cybernation more or less possible and pervasive in a given industry.

    Automation Michael, Donald N. 1965

  • When Mr. Michael, in reply, says that "no available model" can predict the rate at which any industry will cybernate, this is a sorry basis for his prediction of coming cybernation.

    Automation Keyserling, Leon H. 1965

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