Automaton

aw-tom'a-ton, n. pi. -atons; L.pl. -ata, -ta. A machine moved by interior machinery which eve, tSrm tn, Ice Odd, tone, 6r 51 AUTONOMASY 35 imitates actions of men or animals? any self-moving machine. [Gr. auios and mae in, to strive after, move.] — Automatic, -ical. a. Pert, to, or performed by, an automaton; self-acting; esp. applied to machinery, in which movements commonly made by hand are made by the machine itsalf not depending on the will; acting involuntarily.