Lily handled it with the preciseness of an automaton.
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Automaton
//ɔːˈtɒmətən//
Synonyms for "automaton" (10 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (5)
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4 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 30 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- automat noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- αὐτόματον noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
Brazilian Portuguese
3 entries- autômato noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- autômato noun (formal system)
- autômato noun (toy in the form of a mechanical figure)
Bulgarian
3 entries- автомат noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- автомат noun (formal system)
- робот noun (person who acts like a machine or robot)
Catalan
1 entries- autòmat noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏔᎷᎩᏍᎩ ᏴᏫ noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 自動機 /自动机 noun (formal system)
- 自動機器 /自动机器 noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
Czech
2 entries- automat noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- automat noun (formal system)
Dutch
1 entries- automaat noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
European Portuguese
3 entries- autómato noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- autómato noun (formal system)
- autómato noun (toy in the form of a mechanical figure)
Finnish
2 entries- automaatti noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- automaatti noun (formal system)
French
4 entries- automate noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- automate noun (person who acts like a machine or robot)
- automate noun (formal system)
- automate noun (toy in the form of a mechanical figure)
German
1 entries- Automat noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
Hungarian
2 entries- automata noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- automata noun (formal system)
Icelandic
2 entries- sjálfvirki noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- vélmenni noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
Ido
1 entries- automato noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
Indonesian
1 entries- otomat noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
Italian
3 entries- automa noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- automa noun (person who acts like a machine or robot)
- automa noun (formal system)
Japanese
3 entries- オートマトン noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- オートマトン noun (formal system)
- 自動機械 noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
Latin
2 entries- automaton noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- automatum noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
Macedonian
2 entries- автома́т noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- автома́т noun (formal system)
Malay
2 entries- automaton noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- automaton noun (person who acts like a machine or robot)
Polish
1 entries- automat noun (person who acts like a machine or robot)
Romanian
2 entries- automat noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- automat noun (formal system)
Russian
2 entries- автома́т noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- автома́т noun (formal system)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- autòmāt noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- ауто̀ма̄т noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
Spanish
2 entries- autómata noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- autómata noun (person who acts like a machine or robot)
Swedish
2 entries- automat noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
- automat noun (formal system)
Ukrainian
1 entries- автома́т noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
Yiddish
1 entries- אויטאָמאַט noun (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Stop acting like a mindless automaton.
Source: tatoeba (11146019)
Tom was acting like a mindless automaton.
Source: tatoeba (11146422)
Professor Jackson drew a deterministic finite automaton on the board.
Source: tatoeba (11146425)
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