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automaton, robot, golem
(noun) a mechanism that can move automatically
Source: WordNet® 3.1
robot (plural robots)
A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.
Synonym: Thesaurus:robot
Hypernym: automaton
Hyponym: android
(chiefly, science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
(figuratively) A person who does not seem to have any emotions.
(South Africa) A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).
(surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
(dance) A style of dance popular in disco in which the dancer imitates the stiff movements of a stereotypical android robot.
• boort, torob
Source: Wiktionary
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States