different between bionic vs cybernetic

English

Etymology

Blend of bio- +? electronic. The superhuman sense is attributed to the TV shows The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b???n.?k/
• Rhymes: -?n?k

Adjective

bionic (comparative more bionic, superlative most bionic)

1. (not comparable) Related to bionics.
2. Of a biological organism, having been enhanced by electronic or mechanical parts; cyborg.
3. Superhuman

Related terms

• bion

Translations

References

• bionic at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• niobic

Romanian

Etymology

From French bionique

Adjective

bionic m or n (feminine singular bionic?, masculine plural bionici, feminine and neuter plural bionice)

1. bionic

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????????? (kubern?tikós, “good at steering, good pilot”), from ??????????? ????? (kubern?tik? tékhn?, “the pilot’s art”), from Ancient Greek ??????????? (kubernismós), ?????????? (kubérn?sis, “steering, pilotage, guiding”), from ???????? (kuberná?, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”) (which is also ultimately the root of govern as well). The term first recorded in English in 1948.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sa?b?(?)?n?t?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sa?b??n?t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

cybernetic (comparative more cybernetic, superlative most cybernetic)

1. Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in the animal and the machine.
2. Of or relating to computers and internet.

Related terms

• cyber-
• cybernetics
• cybernetically
• cyber
• cyberneticist, cybernetician

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