automaton
nounEtymology
From Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (autómaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (autómatos, “self moving, self willed”). Doublet of automat.
- derived from αὐτόματον
Definitions
A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
- He has spent many years on the automaton, and it must have cost thousands of pounds in experiment and construction.
A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle…
A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion.
- Due to her strict adherence to her daily schedule, Jessica was becoming more and more convinced that she was an automaton.
A formal system, such as a finite-state machine or cellular automaton.
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A toy in the form of a mechanical figure.
The self-acting power of the muscular and nervous systems, by which movement is effected…
The self-acting power of the muscular and nervous systems, by which movement is effected without intelligent determination.
The neighborhood
- neighborautomat
- neighborautomatic
- neighborautomation
- neighborautomatization
- neighborautomatize
- neighborrobot
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for automaton. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA