AUTOMATA

AUTOMATON

automaton, robot, golem

(noun) a mechanism that can move automatically

automaton, zombi, zombie

(noun) someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; “only an automaton wouldn’t have noticed”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

automata

plural of automaton

Source: Wiktionary

AUTOMATON

Au*tom"a*ton, n.; pl. L. Automata (, E. Automatons (. Etym: [L. fr. Gr. ma, man, to strive, think, cf. Mean, v. i.]

1. Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action. Huxley. So great and admirable an automaton as the world. Boyle. These living automata, human bodies. Boyle.

2. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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