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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(science fiction) Synonym of autofactory (“a factory capable of running autonomously”)..
Behind them, the dilapidated settlement lay spread out, a disorderly checkerboard of houses, buildings and streets. Since the autofac network had closed down its supply and maintenance, the human settlements had fallen into semi-barbarism.
The autofacs were a different kind of machine altogether. They could make things. They could make anything from clothing to robots, from weapons to music machines.
All around her the holo displays glowed faintly. Even some of the units that had gone blank over her long sleep were replaced, now that she and Jeffers had gotten the autofac working properly up on A Level.
Use autofac when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Autofac means (science fiction) Synonym of autofactory (“a factory capable of running autonomously”)..
Common synonyms include autofactory.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Behind them, the dilapidated settlement lay spread out, a disorderly checkerboard of houses, buildings and streets. Since the autofac network had closed down its supply and maintenance, the human settlements had fallen into semi-barbarism.
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