Obs. Erroneous singular of automata (cf. stoma, stomata, etc.) for AUTOMATON; cf. AUTOMATE, AUTOME.
1625. B. Jonson, Staple of News, III. ii. It is an Automa, runnes vnder water.
1669. Flamsteed, in Rigaud, Corr. Sci. Men, II. 82. That the time be measured with exact and rectified Automas.
