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automata
自動操作,自動控制
automata
自動機理論
automata
自動機
Au·tom·a·ton n.; pl. L. Automata E. Automatons
1. Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.
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.
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automaton
n 1: someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic
way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed" [syn: zombi,
zombie]
2: a mechanism that can move automatically [syn: robot, golem]
[also: automata (pl)]