🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

自动化

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zìdònghuà

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
automation/ˌɔːtəˈmeɪʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"工厂的自动化提高了生产效率。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The use or introduction of automatic equipment in a manufacturing or other industrial system or facility.

    "The factory increased its output significantly through the automation of its assembly line."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the mid-20th century as a back-formation from automatic, or as a blend of automatic and operation, first widely used in the American automobile industry.

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