Found 3 items, similar to automaton.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: automaton mahluk yang bergerak sendiri
English → English (WordNet) Definition: automaton 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)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Automaton Automaton \Au*tom"a*ton\, n.; pl. L. Automata, E. Automatons. [L. fr. Gr. ?, neut. of ? self-moving; ? self + a root ma, man, to strive, think, cf. ? to strive. See Mean, v. i.] 1. Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action. --Huxley. [1913 Webster] So great and admirable an automaton as the world. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] These living automata, human bodies. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]