automatableadj.
/ɔːtəˈmeɪtəbl/, /ɔːˈtɒmətəbl/, U.S. /ˌɔdəˈmeɪdəb(ə)l/, /ˌɔdoʊˈmeɪdəb(ə)l/, /ˌɑdəˈmeɪdəb(ə)l/, /ˌɑdoʊˈmeɪdəb(ə)l/ Capable of being automated; suitable for automation.
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1956 Sci. News Let. 17 Mar. 170 (heading) American Society of Tool Engineers finds that 16% of present production methods are automatable.
1984 P. J. Monk & J. Verner Wheelock in H. F. Didsbury Creating Global Agenda 235 As IT-based production methods are developed to increasing levels of sophistication, the range of automatable tasks will grow.
1990 P. Debenham in D. Chadwick et al. Human Genetic Information 45 The whole technology..is not readily automatable; so it's a very labour-intensive process.
2001 Computer Mus. May 68/4 The basic package includes four DX instruments..along with the new real-time automatable effects.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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