English-Thai Dictionary
automaton
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
automaton
au tom a ton |ôˈtämətən, -ˌtän ɔˈtɑmətən | ▶noun ( pl. automata |-tə | or automatons ) a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being. • 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. • 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. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek, neuter of automatos ‘acting of itself, ’ from autos ‘self. ’
Oxford Dictionary
automaton
automaton |ɔːˈtɒmət (ə )n | ▶noun ( pl. automata |-tə | or automatons ) a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being. • a machine which performs a range of functions according to a predetermined set of coded instructions. • used in similes and comparisons to refer to a person who seems to act in a mechanical or unemotional way: like an automaton, she walked to the door. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek, neuter of automatos ‘acting of itself ’, from autos ‘self ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
automaton
automaton noun assembly-line automatons: robot, android, cyborg, droid, bot.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
automaton
au tom a ton /ɔːtɑ́mət (ə )n |-tɔ́m -/名詞 複 ～s, -ta /-tə /C 1 (人間に似た )自動機械, ロボット .2 ｟非難して ｠無感動な人, 機械的に行動する人 .
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