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automaton
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Automaton
[disambiguation] An automaton is a self-operating machine. Automaton may also refer to: ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton_(disambiguation)
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automaton
[n] - someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way 2. [n] - a mechanism that can move automatically Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=automaton
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Automaton
Au·tom'a·ton noun ; plural Latin Automata English Automatons [ Latin from Greek ..., neut. of ... self-moving; ... self + a root ma , man , to strive, think, confer ... to strive. See Mean , Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/149
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automaton
Origin: 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. 'So great and admirable an automaton as the world.' (Boyle) 'These living automata, human bodies.' ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?automaton
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automaton
robot noun a mechanism that can move automatically Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=automaton
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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... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/automaton/
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automaton
any of various mechanical objects that are relatively self-operating after they have been set in motion. The term automaton is also applied to a ... [1 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/128
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automaton
automaton (s), automata (pl) 1. A self-operating machine or mechanism, especially a robot. 2. A mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power. 3. Someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; 'only an automaton wouldn't have noticed'. Also, zomb... Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/262/11
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Automaton
An automaton (plural: automata or automatons) is a self-operating machine. The word is sometimes used to describe a robot, more specifically an autonomous robot. An alternative spelling, now obsolete, is automation. ==Etymology== The word automaton is the latinization of the Greek αὐτόματο... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton
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automaton
self-acting artificial system, whose behaviour is governed either in a stepwise manner by given decision rules or continuously by defined relations, and whose output variables are created from its input and state variables NOTE 1 - An essential characteristic of a program controlled automaton is the... Found op http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=351-21-42
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automaton
automaton: see robot; robotics. Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0910542.html
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automaton
Mechanical figure imitating human or animal performance. Automatons are usually designed for aesthetic appeal as opposed to purely functional robots. The writings of Ctesibius of Alexandria in the 3nd century BC show that in his time there was already a long tradition of building automata, such as m... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0009583.html
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automaton
one mechanically going through the motions but without feeling or emotion Found op http://charlesdickenspage.com/glossary.html
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automaton
(robotics, mathematics, algorithm) (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 syst... Found op http://foldoc.org/automaton
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automaton
1) Android 2) Anomaly 3) Machine 4) Robot 5) Unthinking worker 6) Unusual person 7) Zombi 8) Zombie Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/automaton/1
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