A mechanical device that automatically performs repetitive jiggling or shaking motions, often used in industrial or laboratory settings.
From 'auto-' (self) + 'jigger' (a device that jiggles, possibly from Scottish dialect 'jig'). A specialized technical term developed for automated machinery in the late 19th/early 20th century.
Industrial engineers created scores of 'auto-' machines to replace human workers—autojiggers sit alongside autoloaders and autoclaves as forgotten Victorian inventions that built our automated world.
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