单词 | cybernate |
释义 | cybernatev. transitive. To control (esp. an industrial process) by machines or computers; to automate. Also intransitive: (of an organization) to introduce cybernation or automation. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > management methods or systems > adopt doctrines, methods, or management systems [verb (transitive)] > automate robotize1927 automatize1952 automate1954 cybernate1962 1962 Catholic Gaz. Nov. 320/1 When the machines are controlled by the computers human operators become unnecessary and the society is cybernated... Many jobs have been partially or completely cybernated. 1983 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 28 Jan. 8/2 Many employers..are forced to ‘cybernate’ and pare down their human work force in order to survive. 1997 B. Jones Forcing Factory of Future ix. 215 The struggle to cybernate batch production. 2004 D. H. Weiss Fair, Square, & Legal (ed. 4) Pref. p. ix ‘Cybernating’ industry..would vastly increase productivity while displacing hundreds of thousands of workers. Derivatives ˈcybernated adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [adjective] > rendered mechanical mechanized1740 push-button1946 press-button1948 cybernated1962 1962 Catholic Gaz. Nov. 320/1 (heading) The cybernated society. 1973 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 78 941 The declining centrality of work and the increasing importance of nonwork activities in cybernated societies. 1995 Sci., Technol., & Human Values 20 11 This author envisioned a superior ‘cybernated’ [medical] practice that would eliminate human variations by using computers to detect and correct errors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1962 |
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