Définitions
1.NounA machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
2.NounA person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion."Due to her strict adherence to her daily schedule, Jessica was becoming more and more convinced that she was an automaton."
3.NounA formal system, such as a finite-state machine or cellular automaton.
4.NounA toy in the form of a mechanical figure.
5.NounThe self-acting power of the muscular and nervous systems, by which movement is effected without intelligent determination.