Meaning of AUTOMATON
| Pronunciation: | | o'tâmu`tân
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a mechanism that can move automatically
- [n] someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed"
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AUTOMATON is a 9 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | golem, robot, zombi, zombie |
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| | See Also: | | android, anomaly, humanoid, mechanical man, mechanism, unusual person | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Au*tom"a*ton\, n.; pl. L. {Automata}, E.
{Automatons}. [L. fr. Gr. ?, neut. of ? self-moving; ? self +
a root ma, man, to strive, think, cf. ? to strive. See
{Mean}, v. i.]
1. Any thing or being regarded as having the power of
spontaneous motion or action. --Huxley.
So great and admirable an automaton as the world.
--Boyle.
These living automata, human bodies. --Boyle.
2. 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.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | (Plural automata) A machine, robot, or formal system designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions. Automata theory, the invention and study of automata, includes the study of the capabilities and limitations of computing processes, the manner in which systems receive input, process it, and produce output, and the relationships between behavioural theories and the operation and use of automated devices. See also cellular automaton, finite state machine. |
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