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