automation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation

   This factory floor is a showcase for automation and robotic equipment.

2. 2
   noun

   the condition of being automatically operated or controlled

   Automation increases productivity.

From automatic + -ion or automaton + -ion; coined by a Ford Executive Vice President, Delmar S. Harder, in the 1940s.

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