AUTOMATIC

automatic

(adjective) operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control; “automatic transmission”; “a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts”

automatic, automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike, robotic

(adjective) resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine; “an automatic ‘thank you’”; “machinelike efficiency”

automatic, reflex, reflexive

(adjective) without volition or conscious control; “the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light”; “a reflex knee jerk”; “sneezing is reflexive”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

automatic (comparative more automatic, superlative most automatic) (superlative dubious)

Capable of operating without external control or intervention.

Done out of habit or without conscious thought.

necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.

(of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.

(of a handgun) An autoloader; a semi-automatic or self-loading pistol, as opposed to a revolver or other manually actuated handgun, which fires one shot per pull of the trigger; distinct from machine guns.

(computing, of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.

(maths, of a group) Having one or more finite-state automata

Synonyms

• (without conscious thought): perfunctory, thoughtless, instinctive

Antonyms

• (capable of operating without external control): manual, non-automatic

• (without conscious thought): voluntary

Coordinate terms

• (of a firearm): semi-automatic, burst mode, selective action; bolt action, lever action, pump action (single-round per loading/chambering action)

Noun

automatic (plural automatics)

A car with automatic transmission.

A semi-automatic pistol.

Antonyms

• (car with automatic transmission): stick, stickshift; manual transmission; standard transmission

Source: Wiktionary

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Au`to*mat"ic, Au`to*mat"ic*al, a. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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