different between automation vs autonomous

English

Etymology

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

Noun

automation (countable and uncountable, plural automations)

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.

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References

• automation at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “automation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.t?.ma.sj??/, /?.t?.ma.sj??/

Noun

automation f (plural automations)

1. automation

Synonyms

• automatisation

Swedish

Noun

automation c

1. automation

Declension

Synonyms

• automatisering
• robotisering

English

Etymology

autonomy +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???t?n?m?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??t?n?m?s/
• (US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /??t?n?m?s/
• Rhymes: -?n?m?s

Adjective

autonomous (comparative more autonomous, superlative most autonomous)

1. Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently.
2. Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
3. (Celtic linguistics, of a verb form) Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).

Synonyms

• (governing independently): sovereign, self-governing
• (acting on one's own behalf): self-standing, self-directed

Antonyms

• heteronomous

Derived terms

• autonomously
• semiautonomous

Related terms

• autonomy

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See also

• autonomous area
• autonomous navigation