automaton
suomi-englanti sanakirjaautomaton englannista suomeksi
robotti, automaatti
Substantiivi
automaton englanniksi
A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
(RQ:Hollinghurst Line)
A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion.
(ux)
July 12, 1816, (w), ''letter to Samuel Kercheval Monticello''
- 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.
(RQ:Landon Lady Anne Granard)
A toy in the form of a mechanical figure.
The self-acting power of the muscular and nervous systems, by which movement is effected without intelligent determination.