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語源

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

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌɔː.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/
• (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˌɔ.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌɔ.ɾəˈmeɪ.ʃən]
• (cot–caught merger, General American, Atlantic Canada) IPA: /ˌɑː.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌɑː.ɾəˈmeɪ.ʃən]
• (Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˌoː.təˈmæɪ.ʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

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

   Coordinate terms: mechanization, electrification, electronification, computerization, digitalization

   • 1955 June, “Science and Industry”, in The Atlantic‎, →ISSN:

     With all the discussion of automation, one point seems to have been largely overlooked. In a number of fields, automatic controls do not merely cut costs. They also make possible production processes that otherwise could not be attempted.

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

     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.

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

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

参照

• “automation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “automation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.