About The Word Automaton
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Automaton
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What's The Definition Of Automaton?
[n] a mechanism that can move automatically
[n] someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed" Synonyms | Synonyms for Automaton: golem | robot | zombi | zombie Related Terms | Find terms related to Automaton: See Also | android | anomaly | humanoid | mechanical man | mechanism | unusual person Automaton In Webster's Dictionary \Au*tom"a*ton\, n.; pl. L. {Automata}, E.
{Automatons}. [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. --Huxley.
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.
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