automation - CISMeF

Preferred Label : automation;

MeSH definition : Controlled operation of an apparatus, process, or system by mechanical or electronic devices that take the place of human organs of observation, effort, and decision. (From Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 1993);

MeSH synonym : automations;

DeCS synonym : Mechanization;

MeSH annotation : for automation as a concept in technol: not for automated equipment or automated processes & techniques ( specific technique without AUTOMATION unless especially discussed);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation;

Details

Origin ID

D001331;

UMLS CUI

C0004376;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Auto [LOINC method]
- Automated [LOINC method]
- Automated (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Automatic [NCIt concept]
- Automation [UNESCO concept]
- Robot, device (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- State Machine [NCIt concept]
- automated [SNOMED Notion]
- automation [DeCS]
- automation [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
- automation [IUPAC Term]
- robot [SNOMED Notion]
- {Device} [LOINC System]
Record concept(s)
- automation [MeSH concept]
See also
- Automatic Control [DeCS]
Semantic type(s)
- Machine Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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