auton
noun/ˈɔː.tɒn/UK/ˈɑ.tɑn/US
Etymology
Coined by Robert Holmes in 1969, from a contraction of automaton.
Definitions
A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to follow a precise…
A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
- Not far away in the woods the Auton had been standing motionless under a tree. It was shaped like a man but it was not human.
- "The Metrologan Order built the auton that was Ninth. How can you be so sure that she was not so well crafted that she really did have her own will?"
A surname.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for auton. 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