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Answer for the clue "Takeover of human activity by machines ", 10 letters:
automation

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Word definitions for automation in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Automation s is the process of self-reliability. Automation can also refer to:

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN factory ▪ Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Metals are also large users and makers of robots and other factory automation systems. ▪ Areas on which the organisation is especially keen include semiconductors, ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1948, in the manufacturing sense, coined by Ford Motor Co. Vice President Delmar S. Harder, from automatic + -ion . Earlier (1838) was automatism , which meant "quality of being automatic" in the classical sense.

Usage examples of automation.

Most of the work could be done by machines, but there were judgment calls that eluded the best automation, and that no one had ever bothered to make remotes for.

From watching their fleet operations, it was clear that they had some special cleverness with automation and systems planning.

Hell, if we could control our automation properly we could house three thousand in this balloon.

The head-up display automation painted appropriate reflections and shadows.

As he looked around, the automation tracked his head motion and the images slid past almost as smoothly as if the documents were real objects floating in his room.

While Xin and Liao and Silipan led fully conscious lives, Xopi Reung was part of the automation in the walls, unseen except for the occasional peculiar circumstance.

An outside view, a new automation, that was something the Qeng Ho could supply.

But the last food shipment had been saved, the outer system agri automation restarted, and there was enough food for the two billion survivors on Tarelsk.

The automation of Namqem had been trashed, and was operating at perhaps ten percent of its pre-debacle efficiency.

Podmaster Nau provided the vision, but it was my work with system automation that guided the implementation.

Focus, an automation deep enough and smart enough to manage an inter-stellar civilization.

Now Accord Intelligence had better eyes and ears and automation, and the CCC itself was scarcely bigger than a conference room.

Beyond all automation and subtlety, L1-A would give the Podmaster back his absolute power.

Qeng Ho automation could be adapted to the hybrid jumble that remained at L1.

They want to destroy modern technology and return to the days before automation and computerization, when all of the labor force was needed in production, distribution, and services.