Theoretical model of a computer hardware or software system used in automata theory.
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Examples for "automaton"
Examples for "automaton"
1An automaton, he responds to external stimuli; he cannot order his thought.
2The very presence of the automaton chilled and dispirited the impatient visitor.
3An automaton by Thomas Kuntz, part of the collection at Bleak House.
4Surely this proud automaton of Hapsburg was growing lowly in his tastes.
5He marched straight to Morrison with the stiff jerkiness of an automaton.
1Platzman's suggestion: Use the qubits not as interchangeable components of an abstract machine, but rather as an infinitely manipulable Erector set.
Translations for abstract computer