automation

See also automâtion

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From automatic (coined by a Ford Motor Company leader in the 40s)

Noun

automation (uncountable)

1. The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.
   • 2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 24 October 2012):

     The presidential campaign has been more focused on Bain Capital and an “apology tour” than on the challenges created by globalization and automation.

Related terms

• automat
• automatic
• automatization/automatisation
• automatize/automatise
• automaton

Translations

converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system

• Albanian: automatizim (sq)
• Bulgarian: автоматизация (bg) (avtomatizácija) f
• Catalan: automatització (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自動化 (cmn), 自动化 (cmn) (zìdònghuà)

• Czech: automatizace (cs) f
• Dutch: automatisering
• French: automatisation (fr), robotisation (fr)
• German: Automatisierung (de) f

• Hungarian: automatizálás (hu)
• Japanese: 自動化 (ja) (じどうか, jidōka), オートメーション (ja) (ōtomēshon), オートメ化 (ja) (ōtome-ka)
• Jèrriais: automâtion f
• Khmer: ស្វ័យប្រវត្តិកម្ម (km) (svai pror vaut kam)
• Polish: automatyzacja (pl)
• Russian: автоматизация (ru) (avtomatizácija) f
• Spanish: automatización (es)
• Swedish: automation (sv) c

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Swedish

Noun

automation c

1. automation

Declension

Declension of automation

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	automation	automationen
genitive	automations	automationens

Synonyms

• automatisering
• robotisering