Automaton Definition
ô-tŏmə-tən, -tŏn
automata, automatons
noun
automatons
A self-operating machine or mechanism, especially a robot.
American Heritage
Anything that can move or act of itself.
Webster's New World
One that behaves or responds in a mechanical way.
American Heritage
An apparatus that automatically performs certain actions by responding to preset controls or encoded instructions.
Webster's New World
An electronic machine, control device, etc. equipped with a computer and designed to operate automatically in response to instructions previously fed into the computer.
Webster's New World
other
Wiktionary
Origin of Automaton
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Latin self-operating machine from Greek from neuter of automatos self-acting automatic
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (automaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (automatos, “self moving, self willed”).
From Wiktionary
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