Autofac

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of autofactory (“a factory capable of running autonomously”).

    "Behind them, the dilapidated settlement lay spread out, a disorderly checkerboard of houses, buildings and streets. Since the autofac network had closed down its supply and maintenance, the human settlements had fallen into semi-barbarism."

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"Behind them, the dilapidated settlement lay spread out, a disorderly checkerboard of houses, buildings and streets. Since the autofac network had closed down its supply and maintenance, the human settlements had fallen into semi-barbarism."

Etymology

Clipping of autofactory.

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