automaton
noun/ɔːˈtɒmətən/
/ɔːˈtɑːmətən/
(plural automatons, automata
/ɔːˈtɒmətə/
/ɔːˈtɑːmətə/
)- a person who behaves like a machine, without thinking or feeling anything synonym robot
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- a moving mechanical device in the shape of a person
- a small robot that can perform a particular range of functions
Word Originearly 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek, neuter of automatos ‘acting of itself’, from autos ‘self’.
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