Definition of automaton
- v. i. - Any thing or being regarded as having the power of
spontaneous motion or action.
- v. i. - 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.
- v. i. - Any thing or being regarded as having the power of
spontaneous motion or action.
- v. i. - 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.