automata

Japanese: automata
automata

...The Chinese characters used are karakuri, kikai, kikan, kika, and kiko. It is what we now call an automatic machine or device, and in the West it is called automata (meaning something that moves by itself. Singular: automaton).

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "automata" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…絡繰,璣,機械,機関,機巧などの漢字が当てられる。今で言う自動機械あるいは自動装置のことで,西洋ではオートマタautomata(〈自ら動くもの〉の意。単数形automaton。…

※「automata」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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