automation

See also: automâtion

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɔː.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔ.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌɔ.ɾəˈmeɪ.ʃən]
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌɑː.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌɑː.ɾəˈmeɪ.ʃən]

    • Audio (US)

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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.

   Synonym: automatization

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     The presidential campaign has been more focused on Bain Capital and an “apology tour” than on the challenges created by globalization and automation.

Derived terms

• automate (back-formation)
• automation bias
• automation complacency
• fauxtomation
• home automation
• island of automation
• office automation

 

Related terms

• automat
• automatic
• automatize
• automaton
• autonomation

 

Descendants

• → French: automation
• → Italian: automazione (calque)
• → Swedish: automation

Translations

converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system

• Albanian: automatizim (sq) m
• Arabic: أَتْمَتَة f (ʔatmata), تَأْلِيَّة f (taʔliyya)
• Armenian: ավտոմատացում (hy) (avtomatacʻum)
• Asturian: automatización f
• Azerbaijani: avtomatlaşdırma
• Belarusian: аўтаматыза́цыя f (aŭtamatyzácyja)
• Bulgarian: автоматиза́ция (bg) f (avtomatizácija)
• Burmese: အော်တိုမေးရှင်း (autuime:hrang:)
• Catalan: automatització f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自動化／自动化 (zh) (zìdònghuà)

• Czech: automatizace f
• Danish: automatik c automatisering c
• Dutch: automatisering (nl) f
• Esperanto: aŭtomatizo
• Estonian: automatiseerimine
• Finnish: automaatio (fi), automatisointi (fi)
• French: automatisation (fr)
• Galician: automatización (gl) f
• Georgian: ავტომატიზაცია (avṭomaṭizacia)
• German: Automatisierung (de) f
• Hebrew: אוֹטוֹמַצְיָה (he) f (otomatya)
• Hindi: स्वचालन m (svacālan)
• Hungarian: automatizálás (hu)
• Indonesian: otomatisasi (id), automasi
• Italian: automazione (it) f, automatizzazione (it) f
• 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 (オートメか, ōtomeka)
• Kazakh: автоматтандыру (avtomattandyru)
• Khmer: ស្វ័យប្រវត្តិកម្ម (svay prɑvŏəttekam)
• Korean: 자동화(自動化) (ko) (jadonghwa), 오토메이션 (otomeisyeon)
• Kyrgyz: автоматизация (avtomatizatsiya)
• Latvian: automatizācija f
• Lithuanian: automatizacija (lt) f
• Macedonian: автоматизација f (avtomatizacija)
• Malay: automasi
• Maori: whakaaunoatanga
• Norman: automâtion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: automasjon m

• Persian: خودکارسازی (fa) (xod-kâr-sâzi), اتوماسیون (otomâsyon)
• Polish: automatyzacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: automação (pt) f, automatização f
• Romanian: automatizare (ro) f
• Russian: автоматиза́ция (ru) f (avtomatizácija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аутоматиза́ција f

  Roman: automatizácija (sh) f

• Slovak: automatizácia f
• Slovene: avtomatizacija f
• Spanish: automatización (es)
• Swedish: automation (sv) c, automatisering (sv) c
• Tajik: худкорсозӣ (xudkorsozī)
• Thai: ระบบอัตโนมัติ (rá-bòp-àt-dtà-noo-mát)
• Turkish: otomasyon (tr)
• Ukrainian: автоматиза́ція (uk) f (avtomatyzácija)
• Urdu: خودکاری f (xudkārī)
• Uzbek: avtomatizatsiya, avtomatlashtirish (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự tự động hóa (vi) (事自動化)
• Yiddish: אויטאָמאַציע f (oytomatsye)

References

• “automation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “automation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English automation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.tɔ.ma.sjɔ̃/, /ɔ.tɔ.ma.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

automation f (plural automations)

1. automation

   Synonym: automatisation

Further reading

• “automation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English automation

Noun

automation c

1. automation

Declension

Declension of automation
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	automation	automationen	—	—
Genitive	automations	automationens	—	—

Synonyms

• automatisering
• robotisering