autonomic
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7.1
- adjective
- /ɔːˈtɒnəmɪk/
- Specialized
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autónomo
- Future autonomic flight systems must be designed to provide information to the human operators and support seamless monitoring and high-level supervisory control.
- autonomic vehicles
- autonomic transportation systems
- autonomic vehicle concept
Examples
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The realization of the autonomic vehicle concept requires a paradigm shift in some technologies.
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A number of NASA/DOD programs are addressing the various characteristics of autonomic vehicles and are likely to produce prototype vehicles with some of these characteristics in the coming decades.
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In the long term, personal air vehicles will incorporate the characteristics of autonomic vehicles.
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The concept of autonomic vehicles can be extended to hierarchical autonomic transportation systems, with the autonomic vehicle being the first level.
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Future aircraft include personal air vehicles, uninhabited air vehicles, and a visionary autonomic vehicle concept.
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The increasing demands on performance and system reliability, and the associated complexity of future air vehicles, are providing the motivation for an autonomic vehicle, a smart craft that is easy to operate.
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The autonomic vehicle concept is similar to the autonomic computing paradigm initiated by IBM to make future computing systems self-managing and self-optimizing, to eliminate the expensive management services needed today.
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The realization of future air vehicles, particularly autonomic vehicles, requires the synergistic coupling of a number of revolutionary and leading-edge technologies, as well as novel engineering tools and manufacturing techniques.
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These robotic vehicles will be able to function and navigate under optimum or degraded conditions, and will incorporate adaptive flight controls and other characteristics of autonomic vehicles.
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An autonomic system can automatically diagnose and repair its own faults without human intervention.
Synonyms
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3.4
Works by itself with little or no human control
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4.0
Machines or computers run a system instead of people
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6.7
A device or system that starts and works by itself without outside help
That controls itself without outside help
A machine that works automatically without people needing to control it
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.2
The part of the body that controls heart rate, breathing and digestion without thinking
- Specialized
A group of nerve cells that sends signals to internal organs such as the stomach and heart
- Specialized
A network of nerves that controls body actions you do not think about, like heart rate and digestion
How Autonomous
Surface Forms
Morphology
autonomic = autonomy (opaque) = auto + nom + ic
The computing sense extends a technical self-governing metaphor, but the specialized usage is still not directly recoverable for most learners from the morphemes alone.
Etymology
The word autonomic also comes from the same parts auto- 'self' and nomos 'rule'. A helpful way to remember the computing sense is to think of the body's autonomic system: software or networks that 'manage themselves' and fix problems without much human help.