- plural of automaton.
automata
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Campione has become known for her unique specialism in dolls, doll houses, automata, birdcages and corkscrews.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2024
There, in the Morris Museum’s collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata, is a music box from around 1877.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
The 18th-century engineer Jacques de Vaucanson put on theatrical shows featuring automata that could play the flute and tambourine.
From The Verge ● May 4, 2022
And if so, might these cellular automata provide even more support for free will than the Game of Life?
From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2021
“No one at the museum knows, but the other automata I’ve seen were all built by magicians for use in their performances.”
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
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