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noun

the technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum.

a mechanical device, operated electronically, that functions automatically, without continuous input from an operator.

act or process of automating.

the state of being automated.

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Origin:
1945–50; autom(atic oper)ation

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pro·au·to·ma·tion, adjective

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Part of the point of automation is to protect the mistake-prone from themselves.

Make migrant work more expensive and there will be more automation applied and less migrant workers.

But the automation required for this was far beyond our capabilities.

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Part of the point of automation is to protect the mistake-prone from themselves.

Make migrant work more expensive and there will be more automation applied and less migrant workers.

But the automation required for this was far beyond our capabilities.

Now home automation is coming to a subdivision near you.

Automation at the cashier booth is taking some new twists of late.

These processes often have to be done by hand, because production volumes in small firms are too low for automation.

The trick, of course, would be doing this hundreds or thousands of times a day without the automation breaking down.

Having the on-off switch in software has another advantage, too: automation.

Automation never worked for incoming flights, whose baggage has been moved by handlers from the beginning.

To completely avoid automation problems you need to have no automation, or full automation.

Unless all men are eliminated, then automation is our destiny.

Get ready for always-on home automation and streaming media.

The choices have to do not only with budget but with ease of operation, degree of automation and quality and consistency.

But automation on the scale it is talking about would surely mean some of those human workers losing their jobs.

I've since upgraded the automation system to a more robust signaling system and the interference is less of a problem.

How automation and other technical advances may worsen safety risks, not reduce them.

Increasing automation makes it possible to run the tube with fewer staff.

At the time, researchers¿and funding agencies¿wanted robots for factory automation.

However, although such systems work well enough for voice conversations, the rise of automation in mines calls for something more.

Most wrote about new gizmos and gadgets, more entertainment, and more automation.

It comes from continuous automation and improvements in productivity.

We can learn a lot from this factory automation equipment company.

The problem of information leakage has been tempered somewhat by automation in dark pools.

Automation is edging into some of the last redoubts of human-only work, such as sales.

Goes to show that there are some things that automation can't quite solve.

The latest developments in home automation have resulted in more powerful systems that are easier to install and cost less.

Izenour, a pioneer in theater design and technology, helped bring automation to stagecraft.

To deal with that version of the future, he suggests society should redesign the economy to get the benefits of automation.

The cutting stems from industry changes as predictable as automation and as hard to control as foreign prosperity.

Many medical services are hard to standardise, so there is less scope to drive down costs through automation.

And it illustrates the larger trend of home automation that is catching on among do-it-yourselfers.

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Many firms reckon that they have pushed re-engineering and automation as hard as they can.

Possibly coming to the rescue are home automation networks, which can help monitor all of our power-sucking devices.

Automation can achieve so much in so many areas of work that managers are tempted to think they can automate everything.

The automation of the lights alone has saved the festival hundreds of hours of labor and tens of thousands of dollars.

Others will avoid the need for workers by spending money on machinery and automation.

Cheap labour is only a small part of the story for these industries, which depend much more on automation and accurate control.

Whether those jobs will eventually be lost to automation remains to be seen.

The thought of so many manual laborers losing their jobs to automation and machines would probably have terrified her.

By artificially raising the price of labor, factories and companies are encouraged to invest in machinery and automation.

Most industries can be made more efficient with automation and technology.

Hopefully automation can bear the brunt of productivity.

Itron's cautious pace may pay off as a top rival stumbles in introducing its power, gas and water meter automation system.

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automation (ˌɔːtəˈmeɪʃən)

—n
1.	the use of methods for controlling industrial processes automatically, esp by electronically controlled systems, often reducing manpower
2.	the extent to which a process is so controlled

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Word Origin & History

automation

1948, in the manufacturing sense, coined by Ford Motor Co. Vice President Delmar S. Harder, from automatic + -tion. Earlier (1838) was automatism, which meant "quality of being automatic" in the classical sense.

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automation definition

Automatic, as opposed to human, operation or control of a process, equipment or a system; or the techniques and equipment used to achieve this. Most often applied to computer (or at least electronic) control of a manufacturing process.
See also design automation, office automation, manularity, Manufacturing Automation Protocol, PEARL, QBE.
(1994-10-21)

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