Noun automaton has 2 senses
  1. automaton, zombi, zombie - someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed"
    --1 is a kind of anomaly, unusual person
    Derived forms: verb automatize1, verb automatise1
  2. automaton, robot, golem - a mechanism that can move automatically
    --2 is a kind of mechanism
    --2 has particulars: android, humanoid, mechanical man
    Derived form: verb automatize1
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