What is the meaning of Automaton?

  • (v.i.) Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.
  • (v.i.) A self-moving machine or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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