English

Alternative forms

• automatick

Adjective

automatic ‎(not comparable)

1. Capable of operating without external control or intervention.

   The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device

2. Done out of habit or without conscious thought.

   The reaction was automatic: flight!

3. (of a firearm such as a machine gun) 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.‎

4. (computing, of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
5. (mathematics, of a group) Having one or more finite-state automata

Synonyms

• (without conscious thought): perfunctory, thoughtless, instinctive

Antonyms

• (capable of operating without external control): manual
• (without conscious thought): voluntary

Coordinate terms

• (of a firearm): semi-automatic, burst mode, selective action; bolt action, lever action, pump action (single-round per loading/chambering action)

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Noun

automatic ‎(plural automatics)

1. A car with automatic transmission.

   I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic.

2. A semi-automatic firearm.

Antonyms

• (car with automatic transmission): stick, stickshift; manual transmission; standard transmission

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