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Meanings of automaton in English

Catalan
autòmata
Spanish
zombi

Someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way.

        autòmata
        Portuguese
        robot
        Catalan
        robot
        Spanish
        robot

        A mechanism that can move automatically.

              robot

              A self-operating machine or mechanism.

                    Usage of automaton in English
                    1
                    An automaton, he responds to external stimuli; he cannot order his thought.
                    Bring the Jubilee
                    2
                    The very presence of the automaton chilled and dispirited the impatient visitor.
                    Fairy Fingers / A Novel
                    3
                    An automaton by Thomas Kuntz, part of the collection at Bleak House.
                    Cabinet of Curiosities
                    4
                    Surely this proud automaton of Hapsburg was growing lowly in his tastes.
                    Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
                    5
                    He marched straight to Morrison with the stiff jerkiness of an automaton.
                    All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
                    6
                    The red automaton opposite lapsed into silence, nodded, and followed his example.
                    The Return of the Native
                    7
                    Before that the woman had been to me a mere ministering automaton.
                    A Far Country — Volume 3
                    8
                    The Countess turned her head round to Caroline like an astonished automaton.
                    Evan Harrington — Volume 6
                    9
                    We thus see what a perfect automaton the human body may become.
                    Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism / H...
                    10
                    As he spoke he pointed toward the miniature automaton in Locke's hands.
                    The Master Mystery
                    11
                    Parkins, the immaculate, the silent, the perfect automaton, asked an eager question.
                    The Great Impersonation
                    12
                    He was like an automaton, crossing the road to the opposite shoulder.
                    Table for five
                    13
                    As to the automaton, Mrs. Beaufort, Robert made sure of her discretion.
                    Night and Morning, Volume 5
                    14
                    Five minutes more of anguish, and he sprang up like an automaton.
                    Born in Exile
                    15
                    He who had brightened a moment before now spoke like an automaton.
                    A Man and His Money
                    16
                    You moved like a complex automaton, like what you thought I was.
                    Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?
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