automatic

Noun · Adjective

Synonyms: automatic rifle machine rifle automatic pistol automatonlike machinelike robotlike robotic reflex reflexive

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

light machine gunSynonyms: automatic rifle machine rifle
a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is releasedSynonyms: automatic pistol

Adjective (3)

operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control“automatic transmission”“a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts”
resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine“an automatic `thank you'”“machinelike efficiency”Synonyms: automatonlike machinelike robotlike robotic
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: reflex reflexive

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms) A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol, Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

Automatic \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. [1913 Webster]

Nothing can be said to be automatic.— Sir H. Davy.[1913 Webster]

2.Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; operating with minimal human intervention; -- 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; an automatic transmission. The opposite of manual.

Note: Narrower terms are: {autoloading(prenominal), semiautomatic ; {automated, machine-controlled, machine-driven ; {self-acting, self-activating, self-moving, self-regulating ; {self-locking ; {self-winding . Also See: mechanical. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

3.(Physiol.) Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; as, automatic movements or functions. The opposite of voluntary.

Syn: reflex(prenominal), reflexive,involuntary [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

Unconscious or automatic reasoning.— H. Spenser.[1913 Webster]

4.like the unthinking functioning of a machine. an automatic `thank you'

Syn: automaton-like, automatonlike, machinelike, machine-like, robotlike. [WordNet 1.5]

Automatic arts, such economic arts or manufacture as are carried on by self-acting machinery. --Ure. [1913 Webster]

automatic \automatic\ n.

1.light machine gun.

Syn: automatic rifle, machine rifle [WordNet 1.5]

2.a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released; as, a .45 automatic.

Syn: automatic pistol. [WordNet 1.5]