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AUTOMATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Operated by automation
Example:
an automated stoker
Synonyms:
automated; machine-controlled; machine-driven
Classified under:
Similar:
automatic (operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb automate
Context examples:
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)
A coded value specifying the type of container cap. NOTE(S): In some cases, it is important for this to be consistent with decapping, piercing or other automated manipulation.
(Package Cap Type Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
An automated, on-line medical record containing clinical and demographic information about a patient that is available to providers, ancillary service departments, pharmacies, and others involved in patient treatment or care.
(Electronic medical record, NCI Thesaurus)
Issue associated with the inability to appropriately perform or generate any automated setting if no specific selection has made by the users.
(Medical Device Inappropriate Reset to Default, Food and Drug Administration)
A system provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information for automated detection of homologs among the annotated genes of several completely sequenced eukaryotic genomes.
(HomoloGene, NCI Thesaurus)
The DNA Sequencing Shared Resource offers automated DNA sequencing for Cancer Center investigators.
(DNA Sequencing Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
An instrument for the automated determination of absorbance data from multiple samples contained in a microplate.
(Microplate Reader, NCI Thesaurus)
Molecular Biology Shared Resource provides molecular biology services to the Cancer Center investigators including automated DNA sequencing, DNA and peptide synthesis, protein sequencing, amino acid analysis, BIAcore protein ligand assays, and mass spectrometry.
(Molecular Biology Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
The serial number of an automated observation device.
(Device Observer Serial Number, NCI Thesaurus)
Unique identifier of automated device that created the observations.
(Device Observer UID, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)
