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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by Robert Holmes in 1969, from a contraction of automaton.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
auton (plural autons)
- (science fiction) A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
- 1974, Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, page 55
- Not far away in the woods the Auton had been standing motionless under a tree. It was shaped like a man but it was not human.
- 1986, Vernor Vinge, Marooned in Realtime
- Juan made seven attempts to pervert the auton. One involved twelve hundred years of careful observation, timing the failure of various subsystems, maneuvering the auton into a position where he might take control and get transportation to resources in near space.
- 1997 Alien Resurrection - Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet Writer Joss Whedon
- Winona Ryder plays a female auton. The character Distephano names her as an auton, loosely defining the term as being designed by androids. Machines manufactured by machines.
- 2002, Sean McMullen, Voyage of the Shadowmoon, page 461
- "The Metrologan Order built the auton that was Ninth. How can you be so sure that she was not so well crafted that she really did have her own will?"
- 1974, Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, page 55
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Translations[edit]
(science fiction) A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being
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Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
auton
- Genitive singular form of auto.
Anagrams[edit]
Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
auton m (plural autons)
See also[edit]
Seasons in Occitan · sasons (layout · text) | |||
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prima (“spring”) | estiu (“summer”) | auton (“autumn”) | ivèrn (“winter”) |
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