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Definition of Automaton
1. Noun. Someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way. "Only an automaton wouldn't have noticed"
Generic synonyms: Anomaly, Unusual Person
Derivative terms: Automatic, Automatise, Automatize
2. Noun. A mechanism that can move automatically.
Specialized synonyms: Android, Humanoid, Mechanical Man
Generic synonyms: Mechanism
Derivative terms: Automatic, Automatize
Definition of Automaton
1. n. Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.
Definition of Automaton
1. a robot [n -TA or -TONS] - See also: robot
Medical Definition of Automaton
1. 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." (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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Automaton
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