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Synonyms for automaton
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : aw-tom-uh-ton, -tn |
Phonetic Transcription : ɔˈtɒm əˌtɒn, -tn |
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Définition of automaton
Origin :- 1610s, from Latin automaton (Suetonius), from Greek automaton, neuter of automatos "self-acting," from autos "self" (see auto-) + matos "thinking, animated, willing," from PIE *mn-to-, from root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)).
- As in machine : noun device that performs a task
- As in machine : noun person who acts automatically
- As to the automaton, Mrs. Beaufort, Robert made sure of her discretion.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Like an automaton he turned again and paced to the hall door.
- Extract from : « The Street That Wasn't There » by Clifford Donald Simak
- I was an automaton turning a crank in the frozen stillness of the long, long night.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- You take orders like an automaton, and you go execute them like an automaton.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- Like an automaton the man stepped forward, and after him paced the white horse.
- Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick
- Had he learnt these complimentary bows from an automaton, or a dog?
- Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 » by Elbert Hubbard
- The blind effort which he made to catch it overbalanced the automaton.
- Extract from : « Ambrotox and Limping Dick » by Oliver Fleming
- The truth was that I had almost forgotten this latter creature, the automaton.
- Extract from : « The Blue Wall » by Richard Washburn Child
- It was followed by a stillness not only of the automaton itself, but also of ourselves.
- Extract from : « The Blue Wall » by Richard Washburn Child
- He can tell you of the message the automaton scrawled for him on a bit of paper.
- Extract from : « The Blue Wall » by Richard Washburn Child
Antonyms for automaton
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