Automation

//ˌɔː.təˈmeɪ.ʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls. countable, uncountable

    "With all the discussion of automation, one point seems to have been largely overlooked. In a number of fields, automatic controls do not merely cut costs. They also make possible production processes that otherwise could not be attempted."

  2. 2
    the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware wordnet
  3. 3
    equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation wordnet
  4. 4
    the condition of being automatically operated or controlled wordnet

Etymology

From automatic + -ion or automaton + -ion; coined by a Ford Executive Vice President, Delmar S. Harder, in the 1940s.

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