Lexic.us

Definition of Automatic

1. Noun. Light machine gun.

2. Adjective. Operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control. "A budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts"

3. Noun. A pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released.

4. Adjective. Resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine. "Machinelike efficiency"

5. Adjective. Without volition or conscious control. "Sneezing is reflexive"

Definition of Automatic

1. a. Having an inherent power of action or motion.

Definition of Automatic

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Automatic

1. 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; especially. 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. Origin: Cf. F. Automatique. See Automaton. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Automatic

automaker automakers automallet automan automat automata automatable automate automated automated differential leukocyte counter

automated teller automated teller machine automates automath automatic (current term) automatic (current term) automatical automatically automatically automaticities

automaticity automatics automatic audiometer automatic audiometry automatic beat automatic choke automatic condenser automatic contraction automatic data processing automatic data processing

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