automata
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- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
automata
- Details
Mechanical figures or contrivances constructed to move as if by their own power, generally by intricate hidden mechanisms; known since at least the Hellenistic period, as toys, amusements, and in clocks.
- Variations
automatic toys
automatons
robots
toys, automatic
automatons
automaton
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