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Automata

Scope note

Mechanical figures or contrivances constructed to move as if by their own power, generally by intricate hidden mechanisms; known since at least the Hellenistic period, as toys, amusements, and in clocks.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000231323

Broader Terms used

<object genres by form>

Equivalent Terms used

automaton

Created

13yrs ago

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