automation

Meaning

The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.

Synonyms

mechanization

mechanisation

industrialization

automatization

self-motion

roboticization

Translations

automatisation

automazione

automatización

Automation

Automatisierung

automatisering

automação

automatização

αυτοματισμός

automatització

automation

automación

robotisation

αυτοματοποίηση

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɔː.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

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