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ro•bot



Pronunciation: (rō'but, -bot), [key]
—n.
1. a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
2. a person who acts and responds in a mechanical, routine manner, usually subject to another's will; automaton.
3. any machine or mechanical device that operates automatically with humanlike skill.

—adj.
operating automatically: a robot train operating between airline terminals.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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