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automaton
n.
robot; self-acting machine; person who behaves mechanically
Automaton
An
automaton (plural:
automata or
automatons) is a self-operating
machine, or a machine or control mechanism designed to follow automatically a predetermined sequence of operations, or respond to predetermined instructions. Some automata, such as
bellstrikers in mechanical clocks, are designed to give the illusion to the casual observer that they are operating under their own power.
automaton
Noun
1. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed"
(synonym) zombi, zombie
(hypernym) anomaly, unusual person
(derivation) automatize, automatise
2. a mechanism that can move automatically
(synonym) robot, golem
(hypernym) mechanism
(hyponym) android, humanoid, mechanical man
(derivation) automatize, automatise
automaton
Rzecz.
automat; automat
Automaton
(v. i.)
Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.
(v. i.)
A self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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