ALL meanings of automaton
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A a - countable noun automaton If you say that someone is an automaton, you are critical of them because they behave as if they are so tired or bored that they do things without thinking. 3
- countable noun automaton An automaton is a small, mechanical figure that can move automatically. 3
- noun automaton a mechanical device operating under its own hidden power; robot 3
- noun automaton a person who acts mechanically or leads a routine monotonous life 3
- noun automaton anything that can move or act of itself 3
- noun automaton an apparatus that automatically performs certain actions by responding to preset controls or encoded instructions 3
- noun automaton an electronic machine, control device, etc. equipped with a computer and designed to operate automatically in response to instructions previously fed into the computer 3
- noun automaton a person or animal acting in an automatic or mechanical way 3
- noun automaton A moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being. 1
- noun Definition of automaton in Technology (robotics, mathematics, algorithm) (Plural automata) A machine, robot, or formal system designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions. Automata theory, the invention and study of automata, includes the study of the capabilities and limitations of computing processes, the manner in which systems receive input, process it, and produce output, and the relationships between behavioural theories and the operation and use of automated devices. See also cellular automaton, finite state machine. 1
- noun automaton robot, mechanical device 1
- noun automaton person acting mindlessly 1
- noun plural automaton a mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot. 1
- noun plural automaton a person or animal that acts in a monotonous, routine manner, without active intelligence. 1
- noun plural automaton something capable of acting automatically or without an external motive force. 1
- noun automaton A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions. 0
- noun automaton A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion. 0
- noun automaton A formal system, such as finite automaton. 0
- noun automaton A toy in the form of a mechanical figure. 0