motorization

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Definition of motorizationnext
as in electrification

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  1. electrification
  2. computerization
  3. automation
Noun
  • These breakthroughs collectively made cars safer, faster, cleaner, and smarter, laying the foundation for today's advanced vehicles and future electrification and autonomy.
    — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Goldman Sachs initiates Versigent as buy Goldman said the electrification company has plenty of upside.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Definition of electrification
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  • In each case of transformation—the Industrial Revolution, electrification, computerization—the economy didn’t just survive the disruption.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 May 2026
  • For Duran, this rising tech authoritarianism wasn’t a passing political fad but the culmination of shifts in wealth distribution, political power, and the computerization of society that had been decades in the making.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Definition of computerization
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  • Insist on real-time visibility before automation, on plant-wide telemetry before line-level robots and on outcomes measured in recovered tons and bale quality—not in machine uptime.
    — R. Paul Singh, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Swiss robotics startup Mimic Robotics has unveiled the Mimic Hand M1, a dexterous robotic hand designed to replicate human hand movements for factory automation.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026
Definition of automation
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