Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AU-TOM'A-TON
AU-TO-MAT'IC, or AU-TO-MAT'IC-ALAU-TOM'A-TOUS
AU-TOM'A-TON, n. [Gr. αυτοματος; αυτος, self, and μαω, moveo, motus. The Greek plural, automata, is sometimes used; but the regular English plural, automatons, is preferable.]
A self-moving machine, or one which moves by invisible springs.
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