automatic
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adj
resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine
an automatic `thank you'
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adj
without volition or conscious control
the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light
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adj
Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device.
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adj
Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
The reaction was automatic: flight!
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adj
Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.
Spitting at another player means an automatic red card.
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Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
Fully automatic weapons cannot be legally owned by private citizens in the US, except in very special circumstances, as by private security companies.
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adj
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.
The US Army adopted John Browning's M1911 pistol as its sidearm, chambered in .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol).
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adj
Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
Automatic variables are created on the stack. They are valid only from the point where they are declared to the end of the function.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Hellenic *mətós Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos) Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)der. Classical Latin automatum New Latin automaticusbor. English automatic Borrowed from New Latin automaticus, from Classical Latin automatum (“automaton”) + -icus (adjectival suffix), from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (aut…
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