automation

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

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, "," 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.

• automat
• automatic
• automatization/automatisation
• automatize/automatise
• automaton

• automation at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “automation” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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

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automation f (plural automations)

1. automation

• automatisation

automation c

1. automation

• automatisering
• robotisering