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1: the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware; "automation replaces human workers by machines" [syn: {mechanization}, {mechanisati...

1: turn into an automaton [syn: {automatize}] 2: make automatic or control or operate automatically; "automatize the production"; "automate the movement of the robot" [syn: {automatize}, {automate}]

1: any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)

1: turn into an automaton [syn: {automatise}] 2: make automatic or control or operate automatically; "automatize the production"; "automate the movement of the robot" [syn: {automatise}, {automate}]

1: someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed" [syn: {zombi}, {zombie}] 2: a mechanism that can move automatically [syn: {robot}, {golem}] ...

1: like the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency" [syn: {automatic}, {machinelike}, {robotlike}]

1: io moth [syn: {genus Automeris}]

1: large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines [syn: {io moth}]

1: 4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" [syn: {car}, {auto}, {machine}, {motorcar}] v : travel in an automobile

1: a lead-acid storage battery in a motor vehicle; usually a 12-volt battery of six cells; the heart of the car's electrical system [syn: {car battery}]

1: someone who drives racing cars at high speeds [syn: {racer}, {race driver}]

1: the engine that propels an automobile

1: a factory where automobiles are manufactured [syn: {auto factory}, {car factory}]

1: a device on an automobile for making a warning noise [syn: {car horn}, {motor horn}, {horn}, {hooter}]

1: the manufacturers of automobiles considered collectively

1: insurance against loss due to theft or traffic accidents [syn: {car insurance}]

1: a personal loan to purchase an automobile [syn: {auto loan}, {car loan}]

1: someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles [syn: {auto-mechanic}, {car-mechanic}, {mechanic}, {grease monkey}]

1: a race between (usually high-performance) automobiles [syn: {auto race}, {car race}]

1: a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel [syn: {car tire}, {auto tire}, {rubber tire}]

1: cars coming and going [syn: {car traffic}]

1: compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools; "he put his golf bag in the trunk" [syn: {luggage compartment}, {trunk}]

1: someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile [syn: {motorist}]

1: of or relating to motor vehicles; "automotive supplies" 2: containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement; "a self-propelled vehicle" [syn: {self-propelled}, {self-propelling}]

1: an engineer concerned with the design and construction of automobiles

1: the activity of designing and constructing automobiles [syn: {automotive technology}]

1: the activity of designing and constructing automobiles [syn: {automotive engineering}]

1: a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails [syn: {motor vehicle}]

1: a morbid fear of being dirty

1: relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system; "autonomic reflexes"

1: any of the ganglia of the autonomic system whose unmyelinated fibers innervate the internal organs

1: the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands [syn: {ANS}]

1: a plexus of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibers [syn: {plexus autonomici}]

1: of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn: {independent}, {self-governing}, {sovereign}] 2: existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two ...

1: immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence [syn: {liberty}] 2: personal independence [syn: {self-direction}, {self-reliance}, {self-sufficiency}]

1: plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances [syn: {autophytic plant}, {autotroph}, {autotrophic organism}]

1: of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis [syn: {autotrophic}] [ant: {heterotrophic}]

1: plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances [syn: {autophyte}, {autotroph}, {autotrophic organism}]

1: a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness; "she went about her chores on automatic pilot"; "too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot"; "she talked and he d...

1: of or relating to or involved in autoplasty

1: tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; "skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms" [syn: {autograft}] 2: surgical repair by using tissue f...

1: an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn: {necropsy}, {postmortem}, {PM}, {postmortem examination}] v : perform an autopsy on...

1: a radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographed

1: of or relating to or produced by autoradiography

1: producing a radiograph by means of the radiation emitted from the specimen being photographed

1: (physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism

{auto-da-fe}

1: of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context

1: (especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching

1: of or relating to an autosome; "autosomal gene"

1: a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome [syn: {autosomal dominant disorder}]

1: a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome [syn: {autosomal dominant disease}]

1: a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome [syn: {autosomal recessive disease}]

1: a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome [syn: {autosomal recessive defect}]

1: any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa [syn: {somatic chromosome}]

1: an expressway in an Italian-speaking country

1: hypnosis induced by yourself [syn: {self-hypnosis}, {self-suggestion}]

1: of or relating to or believing in autotelism

1: belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification

1: of or relating to autotomy