automaton
Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɒmətən/
The English word “automaton” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
- A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion.
- A formal system, such as a finite-state machine or cellular automaton.
- A toy in the form of a mechanical figure.
- The self-acting power of the muscular and nervous systems, by which movement is effected without intelligent determination.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (autómaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (autómatos, “self moving, self willed”). Doublet of automat.
Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “automaton” there
More English words
- automatization
- automatize
- automatogram
- automatograph
- automatonism
- automatonlike
- automatonophobia
- automatonophobiac
About this dictionary
The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.
Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.