Definitions
Control of machines or processes with little direct human effort.
Word origin
From automatic + -ion or automaton + -ion; coined by a Ford Executive Vice President, Delmar S. Harder, in the 1940s.
Used in a sentence
“The presidential campaign has been more focused on Bain Capital and an “apology tour” than on the challenges created by globalization and automation.”
“When deployed by monopolies / cartels, automation institutionalizes mediocrity, and soon everyone forgets excellence and quality because they no longer have any experience of either one.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Machine control”10 letters
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