Look up: automaton

1. automaton
   [n] - someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way 2. [n] - a mechanism that can move automatically
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2. automaton
   a machine designed to simulate the operations of living things,or to respond automatically to predesigned programs,stimuli,or signals Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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3. 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 ,
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4. 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.' ...
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5. automaton
   robot noun a mechanism that can move automatically
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6. 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.
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7. 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]
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8. 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, zombi, zombie. 4. A person or animal that acts in...
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9. 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...
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10. automaton
    automaton: see robot; robotics.
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11. 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...
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12. automaton
    one mechanically going through the motions but without feeling or emotion
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13. 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...
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14. Automaton
    An `automaton` (plural: `automata` or `automatons`) is a self-operating machine. The word is sometimes used to describe a robot, more specifically an publisher=Google Patents | accessdate=2007-01-07 -->--> Etymology: The word Automaton is the latinization of the αὐτόμα�...
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