automation

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Wikipedia 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.

Related terms

• automat
• automatic
• automatization
• automatize
• automaton

Translations

converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system

Albanian: automatizim (sq) Bulgarian: автоматизация (bg) (avtomatizácija) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 自動化 (zh), 自动化 (zh) (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) 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