alt. pl. of automaton
noun
- Examples of automata are robots that vacuum floors without being pushed by a person.
- People who work for 12 hours each day, eat dinner and go to bed are examples of automata.
The definition of automata means robots or machines that operate under their own power, or people who have boring or ordinary lifestyles.
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automata
noun
A plural of automaton
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Noun
- plural form of automaton
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Sentence Examples
- With Maxis BIOME, you get a part of that adventure in the form of what Electronic Arts calls a "programmable cellular automata simulator".
- The cell simulations will work under both rectangular and spiral cellular automata configurations.
- Man and the animals as thus described are compared to automata, and termed machines.
- Wasmann considers that ants are neither miniature human beings nor mere reflex automata, and most students of their habits will probably accept this intermediate position as the most satisfactory.
- Schmidt) contains the Pneumatica and Automata, the fragment on Water Clocks, the De ingeniis spiritualibus of Philon of Byzantium and extracts on Pneumatics by Vitruvius.
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