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Billy Bob of the Rock-afire Explosion, an animatronic at ShowBiz Pizza Place

Etymology edit

Blend of animation +‎ electronics, from the Disney trademark "Audio-Animatronics".

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  • IPA(key): /ˌænɪməˈtɹɒnɪks/
  • Rhymes: -ɒnɪks
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animatronics (uncountable)

  1. A form of robotics used to create robots that produce preset moves and prerecorded sounds.
    • 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
      Claim that Armitage was not a real rat but an animatronics one that she had made in Science class.

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