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      automatic
      noun
      A car with an automatic transmission; the transmission itself.
      A semi-automatic pistol.
      adjective
      Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
      Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
      (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.
      (of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
      Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.
      (programming, of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
      (mathematics, of a group) Having one or more finite-state automata.
      Roots
      autosauto- · Greek · self
      Synonyms for automatic
      automatedadjsemiautomaticadjreflexivenautomatonnmechanicaladjrobotn
      Words related to automatic
      nonautomaticadjautomatizationnautomatizedvautomaticallyadvroboticadjautomationnrobotizedautomatismnrobotizesrobotizingautopilotnautonpreselectormanuallyadvmechanismnmanualadjsynchromeshnservomechanismnmachinenprogrammableadjcomputerizedvpresettingadjelectromechanicaladjservonpyrostatnpushbuttonselsynntimernautonomicadjgearboxn

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