Automation | Definition of Automation at Dictionary.com

[ aw-tuh-mey-shuhn ]SHOW IPA

/ tmen /PHONETIC RESPELLING

OTHER WORDS FROM automationproautomation, adjective

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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.

automation

/ (tmen) /

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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