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Noun
/ôˈtämətən/,/-ˌtän/,
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automata, plural; automatons, plural;
  1. A moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being

  2. A machine that performs a function according to a predetermined set of coded instructions, esp. one capable of a range of programmed responses to different circumstances

  3. Used in similes and comparisons to refer to a person who seems to act in a mechanical or unemotional way
    • - she went about her preparations like an automaton
  1. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed"
  2. a mechanism that can move automatically
  3. An automaton (plural: automata or automatons) is a self-operating machine. The word is sometimes used to describe a robot, more specifically an autonomous robot. An alternative spelling, now obsolete, is automation.
  4. Automatons is a 2006 black-and-white horror film about a war against robots. The movie was made under the working title Death to the Automatons. Christine Spencer, Angus Scrimm, and Brenda Cooney star. John Levene, Don Wood and Executive Producer Larry Fessenden have supporting roles. ...
  5. (Automatons (album)) Automatons is the second solo album by Svoy. It was released August 19, 2009 on P-Vine Records/Blues Interactions.
  6. (Automata (album)) Automata is the debut album by singer/ songwriter Jai Agnish.
  7. A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions; A formal system, such as finite automaton; A toy in the form of a mechanical figure
  8. (Automata) Plural of an automaton and refers to figures that are relatively self-operating and capable of performing multiple complex movements. Early examples feature doll-like bodies with composition or bisque heads.
  9. (Automata) a description of machines which enable wonders in temples by mechanical or pneumatical means (e.g. automatic opening or closing of temple doors, statues that pour wine, etc.). See Automaton.
  10. An Automata is an Italian renaissance term for a mechanical device, usually powered by water, windpower or clockwork. The best surving examples are at Schloss Hellbrunn outside Salzburg in Austria.
  11. Figures, placed on the dial or case of watches, provided with parts of the body or other elements moving at the same time as the sonnerie (s.) strikes. The moving parts are linked, through an aperture on the dial or caseback, with the sonnerie hammers (s.) striking a gong.
  12. one mechanically going through the motions but without feeling or emotion
  13. (plural: automata.) A mechanically-operated figure of a human or animal, often smaller than life size. Automata of the 1880s-1920s typically were powered by a spring motor; many incorporated a cylinder music box or small mechanical organ.
  14. Machine devolved to perform a task by following a program, without interaction with the environment. The presence of a program makes the difference with a stand alone machine.
  15. Any sort of contraption that can act independently of an operator, often resembling a living creature. Term used before the word "robot" was coined. Colloquial: (if humanoid) "metal man".
  16. over the alphabet A is a system A=(S,f),where S –is any finite set called the set of states,and f:S x A → S –is a transition function.
  17. an individual who acts in a mechanical fashion.
  18. Animated mechanical objects and figures; actuated by the going, striking, musical or repeating train. See JACQUEMART.