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AUTOMATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make automatic or control or operate automatically

Example:

automate the movement of the robot

Synonyms:

automate; automatise; automatize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "automate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "automate"):

semi-automatise; semi-automatize (make semiautomatic)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

automation (the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware)

automation (the condition of being automatically operated or controlled)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A proprietary, automated microbial growth and detection system optimized for detection of Mycobacterium.

(MB/BacT Alert, NCI Thesaurus)

Use of robots and other automated techniques to screen large numbers of samples.

(High Throughput Screening, NCI Thesaurus)

DNA content, Green Fluorescent Protein, or extrinsic properties, such as molecular markers identified by fluorescently-labelled monoclonal antibodies, automated magnetic cell sorting.

(Flow Cytometry Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

Location of automated device that created the observations whilst the observations were being made.

(Device Location During Observation, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

Manufacturer-provided model name of automated device that created the observations.

(Device Observer Model Name, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

Location of the automated observation device during an observation.

(Device Location During Observation, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers first used an automated process to examine whether the compounds prevented SENP2 from severing the connection between a tiny metal bead and an artificial SUMO protein created in the lab.

(Hibernating ground squirrels provide clues to new stroke treatments, National Institutes of Health)

Automated visual evaluation is similarly easy to perform.

(AI approach outperformed human experts in identifying cervical precancer, National Institutes of Health)

MistNet can "automate the processing of a massive dataset that has measured bird migration over the continental U.S. for over two decades," says Sheldon, who says this is a really important advance.

(Using artificial intelligence to track birds' dark-of-night migrations, National Science Foundation)

Using high-tech sensors and automated feeding equipment, scientists developed the feeding system to help answer the difficult question of why calorie-restricted diets improve longevity.

(Eating at 'Wrong Time' Affects Body Weight, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)