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Definitions for: Automatic
[n] a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
[n] light machine gun
[adj] operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control; "automatic transmission"; "a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts"
[adj] like the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency"
[adj] (physiology) without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"
Webster (1913) Definition: Au`to*mat"ic, Automatical Au`to*mat"ic*al, a. [Cf.
F. automatique. See Automaton.]
1. Having an inherent power of action or motion.
Nothing can be said to be automatic. --Sir H. Davy.
2. Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature
of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under
fixed conditions; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices
in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand
are done by the machine or device itself; as, the
automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an
automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse.
3. Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; as,
automatic movements or functions.
Unconscious or automatic reasoning. --H. Spenser.
Automatic arts, such economic arts or manufacture as are
carried on by self-acting machinery. --Ure.
Synonyms: autoloading(a), automated, automatic pistol, automatic rifle, automatonlike, involuntary, machine rifle, machine-controlled, machine-driven, machinelike, reflex(a), reflexive, robotlike, self-acting, self-activating, self-loading, self-locking, self-moving, self-regulating, self-winding, semiautomatic
Antonyms: manual
See Also: assault rifle, automatic firearm, BAR, Browning automatic rifle, handgun, machine gun, mechanical, pistol, shooting iron, side arm
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