automaton
IPA: ɔtˈɑmʌtɑn
noun
- A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
- A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion.
- A formal system, such as a finite-state machine or cellular automaton.
- A toy in the form of a mechanical figure.
- (dated) The self-acting power of the muscular and nervous systems, by which movement is effected without intelligent determination.
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Examples of "automaton" in Sentences
- The model is a cellular automaton.
- He is an automaton in making tools.
- Albert is a sapient automaton or android.
- In the sewers, Hundred encounters an automaton.
- Keystone of the movable cellular automaton method.
- Allgaier played hidden in the chess Automaton in 1809.
- Otherwise, it is said that the automaton rejects the string.
- Computations of the pushdown automaton are sequences of steps.
- The automatons museum occupies the premises of the old theatre.
- The automaton hummed with what could be interpreted as a snicker.