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单词 cybernate
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cybernatev.

Brit. /ˈsʌɪbəneɪt/, U.S. /ˈsaɪbərˌneɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cybernetic adj., cybernetics n., -ate suffix3.
Etymology: < cybern- (in cybernetic adj., cybernetics n.) + -ate suffix3. Compare cybernation n.
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. ixCybernating’ 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).
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