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   automation

   /ˌɔːtəˈmeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the use or introduction of automatic equipment in a manufacturing or other process or facility: "unemployment due to the spread of automation"

   Word Origin late 19th century (with reference to a theory that living organisms act in a purely mechanical way): irregular formation from automatic + -ation. The current sense dates from the 1940s.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   • U

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   • T

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   • O

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   • M

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   • A

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   • T

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