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Definition: Automaton |
AutomatonNoun1. Someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed". 2. A mechanism that can move automatically. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "automaton" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references) |
Etymology: Automaton \Au*tom"a*ton\, noun; plural Latin Automata, English Automatons. [Latin expression from Greek, neut. of self-moving; self a root ma, man, to strive, think, compare to to strive. See Mean, intransitive verb.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Computing | Automaton |
Literature | Automaton - plural, automatons or automata. Machines which imitate the actions, etc., of living creatures. The most famous are the following: - (1) The pigeon that could fly, made, B.C. 400, by Archy tas, of Tarentum; (2) the wooden eagle of Regiomontanus, the German, which flew from the city of Koenigsberg to meet the emperor, saluted him, and returned, 1436--1476; (3) the duck of Vaucanson of Grenoble, which could eat and drink, and even in a way digest food; its wings, viscera, bones, etc., minutely resembled those of a living animal. Vaucanson also made an image of Pan, which, at the beck of Syrinx, rose from his seat, played on his pipe, bowed when applauded, and sat down again. He also made an asp which, on being touched by an actress, in the character of Cleopatra, flew at her breast with a malignant hiss. Louis XV set him to make a human figure, but he died before he had completed it. (Greek, autos-mao , ~~~I I self-move.) (See Android.) Pierre Droz and his son Louis were noted for their automatons; so was Frederick of Knause (Vienna). The chess-player of Wolfgang, baron of Kempelen, in 1784, created quite a furor in Paris. Napoleon on one occasion played chess with this automaton. (See Brazen Heads.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Math | See finite state machine or cellular automaton. (references) |
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Synonyms: AutomatonSynonyms: golem (n), robot (n), zombi (n), zombie (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Necessity | Necessarian, necessitarian; fatalist; automaton. |
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Crosswords: Automaton |
| English words defined with "automaton": android, Androides, Automata, Automatical, automatise, automatize, Automatons ♦ humanoid ♦ mechanical man ♦ zombi, zombie. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "automaton": automata theory ♦ Cat, cellular automata, cellular automaton ♦ deterministic automaton, deterministic finite tree automaton, deterministic tree automaton, DFA, Dining Philosophers Problem ♦ Finite Automaton, Finite State Automaton ♦ Jaquemart ♦ minimal automaton ♦ nondeterministic automaton, nondeterministic finite tree automaton, nondeterministic tree automaton ♦ probabilistic automaton ♦ suffix tree ♦ tree contraction ♦ universal hashing. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "automaton": Automatous. (references) |
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Screenplays | And Mussolini -- Mussolini! -- an automaton, Radl! (The Eagle Has Landed; writing credit: Jack Higgins; Tom Mankiewicz) | |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | CAT, n. A soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle. This is a dog, This is a cat. This is a frog, This is a rat. Run, dog, mew, cat. Jump, frog, gnaw, rat. Elevenson |
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| "Automaton" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Automaton" is used about 53 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 53 | 46,657 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "automaton": cellular automaton ♦ deterministic automaton ♦ finite Automaton ♦ finite State Automaton ♦ minimal automaton ♦ nondeterministic automaton ♦ probabilistic automaton. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "automaton": semi-automaton. | |
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| Language | Translations for "automaton"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | automat (robot, slot machine, submachine gun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إنسان أوتوماتيكي (android), إنسان آلي (robot), آلة ذات حركة ذاتية, شخص يعمل بطريقة روتينية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | автоматизация. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 自动机 (automata, Automatons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | automat (automat, buffet, cafeteria, dispenser, snack bar, submachine gun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | automat (automoton), programmerbar automat, mekanisk figur, mekanisk dukke. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | automaat (automoton), programmeerbare automaat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | automaatti (slot-machine, vending-machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | automate (automat, automoton). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Automat (automat, automate, automatic machine, automation, automoton, cut out, dispenser, jukebox, machine, robot, slot machine, vending machine), programmierbarer Automat, bewegliche Figur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αυτόματο (automat, automatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אוטומט (automatic mashine, robot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | robot (corvee, drudge, plodding, robot, socage, sweat, swelter), gépies személy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mahluk yang bergerak sendiri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | automa (automoton, robot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 自動人形 (automata), オートマチック車 (autoload, auto-manipulator, automat, automatic camera for detecting and recording speeding vehicles, automatic repeat, automatic return, automatic reverse, automatic transmission car, automation, automobile, autoracing, auto-raise, awning, ball hit over the head of an outfielder, convertible, eau de toilette, exaggeration, exceeding, going beyond, hors d'oeuvre, oatmeal, OB, ode, old boy, open, open account, open caption, open course, open game, open golf, open sandwich, open side, open system, open toaster, open-air, open-end mortgage, opener, opening, opening game, opening number, orb, orbiter, ornament, out-of-bounds, oven, oven toaster, over, over doctor, over fence, over par, overaction, overall, overblouse, overbooking, overborrowing, overcharge, overcoat, overdraft, overdrive, overdub, overflow, overhand, overhand pass, overhand throw, overhang, overhaul, overhaul net, overhead, overhead pass, overhead projector, overheat, overkill, overlap, overlay, overload, overloading, overloan, overnight, overnight bag, overnight photo service, overpace, overpresence, overproof, override, overrun, overshoes, overskill, overslide, overstep, overtime, overture, overweight, overwork, overwrite, overzone, owner, owner system, owner-driver, owner-pilot, self-locking, water of life). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | オートマトン , じどうに"ぎょう (automata). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 자동 장치 (automata, Automatons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | seyr-obbree. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | automatonay autómato programável, autómato, autômato (automoton, machine, robot). (various references) automat (automatic, mechanical, penny-in-the-slot, self acting, self-recording), robot (robot). (various references) автомат (automat, automata, automoton, dispenser, machine, machine gun, one-armed bandit, robot, submachine gun, tommy gun, vending machine). (various references) robot (robot). (various references) autómata (robot, zombie). (various references) automat (automatic machine, automoton). (various references) robot (robot), otomat (automat, robot). (various references) автомат (robot). (various references) máy tự động (automata, automatic, automatical). (various references) ymsymudydd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "automaton": automatons. (additional references) | |
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"Automaton" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: autmaton, automoto, automoton, Euroaton. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "automaton" (pronounced ôtÄ"mutÄ'n) |
| 3 | -t Ä' n | photon, proton. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-m-n-o-o-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: automan, ottoman. | |
-3 letters: amount, anatto, mantua, mouton, mutant, mutton, outman, tomato. | |
-4 letters: atman, manat, manta, motto, mount, muton, notum, tanto, taunt, toman. | |
-5 letters: anoa, anta, atma, atom, aunt, auto, mana, mano, matt, maun, maut, moan, moat, mono, moon, moot, mott, muon, mutt, noma, nota, onto, otto, taut, toom, toon, toot, tout, tuna, unto. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-m-n-o-o-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: automation, automatons. | |
+2 letters: automations. | |
+3 letters: nonautomated, nonautomatic. | |
+4 letters: accustomation, computational. | |
+5 letters: accustomations, automatization, monounsaturate, neuroanatomist, postamputation. | |
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