Definizione monolingua

automaton

automaton (plural automatons or automata)

1. A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
2. A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion.

   Due to her strict adherence to her daily schedule, Jessica was becoming more and more convinced that she was an automaton.

   A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second, that second for a third, and so on til the bulk of the society is reduced to be mere automatons of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sinning and suffering. - Thomas Jefferson

3. A formal system, such as finite automaton.
4. A toy in the form of a mechanical figure.

Definizione dizionario automaton

	automa
	Formal system
	machine, robot
	A self-operating machine or mechanism.

automa meccanico

Altri significati:

A toy in the form of a mechanical figure

A formal system, such as finite automaton.

Toy in the form of a mechanical figure

A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.