nounthe technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum.a mechanical device, operated electronically, that functions automatically, without continuous input from an operator.Nearby words

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Heroin blocks this automation so that when you fall asleep, you stop breathing.

Beyond doubt, the steady advance of automation on airplane flight decks has greatly helped to reduce accidents.

Automation or not, Leoh thought smilingly, there were certain human values that transcended mere efficiency.

We must modernize our unemployment insurance and establish a high-level commission on automation.

Automation, the second industrial revolution, has eliminated for all practical purposes the need for their labor.

Strong emphasis was placed on the introduction of automation in both production and management processes.

Automation rationalized away the literate component of many activities.

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automation

the use of methods for controlling industrial processes automatically, esp by electronically controlled systems, often reducing manpower

the extent to which a process is so controlled

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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

automation

1948, in the manufacturing sense, coined by Ford Motor Co. Vice President Delmar S. Harder, from automatic + -ion. Earlier (1838) was automatism, which meant "quality of being automatic" in the classical sense.

Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010 Douglas Harper

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