automatic

1. a. Alt. of Automatical Source: opted

2. adj. operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control Source: wordnet

3. adj. resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine Source: wordnet

4. adj. without volition or conscious control Source: wordnet

5. n. self-loading rifle capable of automatic fire Source: wordnet

6. n. a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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 Source: ecdict

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