adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.

   "You'd cut your own nose off before you'd let me get the credit for solving robotic telepathy."

Adjective

1. 1
   resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine wordnet
2. 2
   of or relating to mechanical robots wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

automaticautomatonlikeautomatonlikemachinelikerobotisticrobotlike

Example

More examples

"He wrote the article "Robotic Mining and Minerals on Martian Terrain.""

Etymology

From robot + -ic. Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941 in his short story Liar!.

Related phrases

robotic lawn mower

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