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Automaton

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Noun

1. automaton, zombi, zombie

someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way

Example Sentences:
'only an automaton wouldn't have noticed'

2. automaton, golem, robot

a mechanism that can move automatically

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Automaton

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noun plural -tons or -ta (-tə)
1. 
a mechanical device operating under its own hidden power; robot
2. 
a person who acts mechanically or leads a routine monotonous life

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Automaton

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nounWord forms: plural auˈtomaˌtons or auˈtomata (ɔˈtɑmətə ; ôtämˈətə)
1. 
anything that can move or act of itself
2. 
an apparatus that automatically performs certain actions by responding to preset controls or encoded instructions
3. 
an electronic machine, control device, etc. equipped with a computer and designed to operate automatically in response to instructions previously fed into the computer
4. 
a person or animal acting in an automatic or mechanical way

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Automaton

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n. pl. au·tom·a·tonsor au·tom·a·ta (-tə)
1. A machine or mechanism that operates without human intervention, especially a robot.
2. One who behaves or responds in a mechanical way.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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