Thesaurus: automatic

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1. a. Alt. of Automatical
2. adj. operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
3. adj. resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine
4. adj. without volition or conscious control
5. n. self-loading rifle capable of automatic fire
6. n. a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
7. 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.
8. j:96/n:4 a. operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control s. resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine s. without volition or conscious control