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say it: aw-tuh-MAY-shuhn
automation is a noun meaning "the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware". It carries 3 recorded senses.
the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware
“automation replaces human workers by machines”
the condition of being automatically operated or controlled
“automation increases productivity”
equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation
“this factory floor is a showcase for automation and robotic equipment”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for automation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.