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Definition of AUTOMATIC

Automatic
Automatic Au`to*mat"ic, Automatical Au`to*mat"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. automatique. See Automaton.] 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.

Meaning of AUTOMATIC from wikipedia

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- psychology, automaticity is the ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low-level details required, allowing it to become an automatic response...
- An automatic firearm or fully automatic firearm (to avoid confusion with semi-automatic firearms) is a self-loading firearm that continuously chambers...
- In computer science, automatic programming is a type of computer programming in which some mechanism generates a computer program, to allow human programmers...
- The Browning automatic rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifles and machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during...
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- An automatic rifle is a type of autoloading rifle that is capable of fully automatic fire. Automatic rifles are generally select-fire weapons capable...
- An automatic revolver also known as semi-automatic revolver, is a revolver that uses the recoil energy of firing for ****ing the hammer and revolving...