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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"
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
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, ..."