Definition of Cyborg

1. Noun. A human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices. "A cyborg is a cybernetic organism"

Exact synonyms: Bionic Man, Bionic Woman
Generic synonyms: Machine

Definition of Cyborg

1. Noun. (science fiction) a person who is part machine, a robot who is part organic ¹

2. Noun. (science fiction) a robot who has an organic past ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cyborg

1. a human linked to a mechanical device for life support [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyborg

cyberwars
cyberweapon
cyberweaponry
cyberweapons
cyberwear
cyberwedding
cyberweddings
cyberwife
cyberwives
cyberwizard
cyberwizards
cyberworld
cyberworlds
cyberzine
cyberzines
cyborg (current term)
cyborglike
cyborgs
cybotactic
cybrarian
cybrarians
cybraries
cybrary
cybrid
cybrids
cyc
cycad
cycad family
cycadaceous
cycadean

Literary usage of Cyborg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Underneath the Knowledge Commonsby Mute by Mute (2005)
"... countryside must accompany the rise of ‘automatic processes' in industry, the computer requires the sweat shop, and the cyborg's existence is premised ..."

2. Expertise in Design: Design Thinking Rresearh Symposium 6 by Yusuf Pisan, Nigel Cross, Ernest A. Edmonds (2003)
"1 Mitchell, WJ, Me++ : The cyborg Self and the Networked City. 2003, Cambridge, Mass. USA: MIT Press. 259 p. Mitchell goes on to say: "Now the body/city ..."

3. The Northmen: The Sea-kings, and Vikings, Their Manners and Customs by Paul Christian Sinding (1882)
"... because of his A. D , violence and want of candor, and he was, at a 1282- diet of cyborg, compelled to promise, in writing, to rule more justly, ..."

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