About The Word Automatic
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Automatic
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What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Automatic: 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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Automatic: accordant | accustomed | alike | automated | automatic device | automaton | automatous | balanced | beaten | blind | blowgun | blowpipe | casual | compulsive | conditioned | confirmed | consistent | consonant | constant | continuous | correspondent | cybernated | cyborg | equable | equal | even | firearm | flamethrower | flat | forced | frequent | gat | gun | gut | habitual | habituated | hackneyed | handgun | heater | homogeneous | ill-advised | ill-considered | ill-devised | immutable | impulsive | inadvertent | indeliberate | ineluctable | inescapable | inevitable | inherent | innate | instinctive | instinctual | invariable | involuntary | level | libidinal | measured | mechanical | mechanical man | methodic | monolithic | musket | natural | of a piece | ordered | orderly | peashooter | persistent | piece | pistol | prompt | quick | ready | recurrent | recurring | reflex | reflexive | regular | repeater | repetitive | revolver | rifle | robot | robotlike | rod | routine | sawed-off shotgun | self-acting | self-active | self-adjusting | self-closing | self-controlled | self-cooking | self-directed | self-directing | self-dumping | self-governed | self-governing | self-lighting | self-mover | self-operative | self-regulating | self-regulative | self-starting | self-winding | self-working | semiautomatic | shooting iron | shotgun | six-gun | six-shooter | smooth | snap | spontaneous | stable | steadfast | steady | stereotyped | subliminal | systematic | trite | unadvised | unavoidable | unbroken | uncalculated | unchangeable | unchanged | unchanging | unconscious | unconsidered | undeliberate | undeliberated | undesigned | undeviating | undifferentiated | undiversified | uniform | unintended | unintentional | unlearned | unmeditated | unpremeditated | unprompted | unruffled | unstudied | unthinking | unvaried | unvarying | unwilled | unwilling | unwitting | well-trodden | well-worn See Also | assault rifle | automatic firearm | BAR | Browning automatic rifle | handgun | machine gun | mechanical | pistol | shooting iron | side arm Automatic In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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