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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Automaton \Au*tom"a*ton\, n.; pl L. {Automata}, E. {Automatons}. [L. fr Gr ?, neut. of ? self-moving; ? self + a root ma man, to strive, think, cf ? to strive. See {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 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: automata {automaton}
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