Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Automation

Controlled operation of an apparatus, process, or system by mechanical or electronic devices that take the place of human organs of observation, effort, and decision. (From Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 1993)

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Controlled operation of an apparatus, process, or system by mechanical or electronic devices that take the place of human organs of observation, effort, and decision. (From Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 1993)

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  • Automations

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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for automation as a concept in technol: not for "automated" equipment or "automated" processes & techniques ( = specific technique without AUTOMATION unless especially discussed)

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  1. J01.897w.104w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Automation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001331. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001331
  2. Automation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation
  3. Automation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184199