automaton

1. v. i. Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action. Source: opted

2. v. i. 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. Source: opted

3. n. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way Source: wordnet

4. n. a mechanism that can move automatically Source: wordnet

5. n. a machine that operates on its own without the need for human control Source: wordnet

6. 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. Source: webster

7. n:100 n. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way n. a mechanism that can move automatically Source: ecdict

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