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1. (n.) automaton
a mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot.
2. automaton
a person or animal that acts in a monotonous, routine manner, without active intelligence.
3. automaton
a mechanical device, operated electronically, that functions automatically, without continuous input from an operator.
4. automaton
anything capable of acting automatically or without an external motive force.
Etymology: (1605–15; < L: automatic device < Gk, n. use of neut. of autómatos self-acting =auto-auto -1+-matos, v. adj. of memonénai to intend)
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| Definition of 'automaton' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) automaton, zombi, zombie
someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
"only an automaton wouldn't have noticed"
2. (noun) automaton, robot, golem
a mechanism that can move automatically
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) automaton
any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action
2. (verb) automaton
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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Sense: a human-shaped machine that can be operated to move by itself.
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 Afrikaans: outomaton |
 Arabic: الإنْسان الآلي |
 Bulgarian: автомат |
 Brazilian: autômato |
 Czech: robot |
 German: der Roboter |
 Danish: robot |
 Greek: ρομπότ |
 Spanish: autómata |
 Estonian: robot |
 Farsi: آدم ماشینی؛ آدمک مکانیکی |
 Finnish: robotti |
 French: automate |
 Hebrew: רוֹבּוֹט |
 Hindi: स्वचालित यंत्र |
 Croatian: automat |
 Hungarian: automata, robotember |
 Indonesian: robot |
 Icelandic: vélmenni |
 Italian: automa |
 Japanese: 自動人形 |
 Korean: 로봇 |
 Lithuanian: automatas, robotas |
 Latvian: automāts |
 Malay: robot |
 Dutch: robot |
 Norwegian: robot |
 Polish: automat |
 Persian: آدم ماشینی؛ آدمک مکانیکی |
 Pashto: ماشینی سړی ، مکانیکی سړی |
 Portuguese: autómato |
 Romanian: robot |
 Russian: робот |
 Slovak: robot |
 Slovenian: avtomat |
 Serbian: robot |
 Swedish: robot, automat |
 Thai: มนุษย์กล |
 Turkish: insanşeklinde robot |
 Taiwanese: 自動機械裝置，機器人 |
 Ukrainian: автомат |
 Urdu: ایک خود کار مشین |
 Vietnamese: máy tự động |
 Chinese: 自动机器，机器人 |
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