Automaton

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A self-operating machine or mechanism, especially a robot.
  • n. One that behaves or responds in a mechanical way.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
  • n. A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion.
  • n. A formal system, such as finite automaton.
  • n. A toy in the form of a mechanical figure.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That which is self-moving, or has the power of spontaneous movement, but is not conscious.
  • n. Specifically A self-acting machine, or one which is actuated in such a manner as to carry on for some time certain movements without the aid of external impulse.
  • n. A living being acting mechanically or as a mere machine, especially without consciousness; a person or an animal whose actions are purely involuntary or mechanical.
  • n. A person who acts in a monotonous routine manner, without active intelligence, especially without being fully aware of what he is doing.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
  • n. a mechanism that can move automatically
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    anomaly    unusual person   
    Variant
    automata   
    Form
    cellular automaton   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    machine   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    automata    parser   
     
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