Automation



GRE 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.自动装置
• ［英］ n.自动装置 ( mechanism that imitates actions of humans)
• ［记］ auto ( 自己) +mat ( 动) +ion -> 自己动 -> 自动化

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: ［sup］1［/sup］automatic
• Date: 1912
• 1. the technique of making an apparatus, a process, or a system operate automatically
• 2. the state of being operated automatically
• 3. automatically controlled operation of an apparatus, process, or system by mechanical or electronic devices that take the place of human labor

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