automatic

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automatic Definition

• (a) operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control; "automatic transmission"; "a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts"
• (n) light machine gun
• (n) a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
• (s) like the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an automatic `thank you''"; "machinelike efficiency"
• (s) without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"

automatic Synonyms

• automatic
• automatic pistol
• automatic rifle
• automatonlike
• machine rifle
• machinelike
• reflex(a)
• reflexive
• robotlike