automation

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɔː.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/
• (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌɔ.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌɔ.ɾəˈmeɪ.ʃən]
• (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɑː.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌɑː.ɾəˈmeɪ.ʃən]

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌoː.təˈmæɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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

   • 2012 October 24, David Leonhardt, “Standard of Living Is in the Shadows as Election Issue”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

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

   • 2025 February 14, Charles Hugh Smith, Automation Institutionalizes Mediocrity‎^[2]:

     When deployed by monopolies / cartels, automation institutionalizes mediocrity, and soon everyone forgets excellence and quality because they no longer have any experience of either one.

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

• “automation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “automation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Borrowed from English automation.

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

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automation f (plural automations)

1. automation

   Synonym: automatisation

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

Borrowed from English automation

automation c

1. automation

• automatisering
• robotisering