automatic

Words with a similar base: automatic, automatic_pistol, automatic_rifle

'automatic'

[automatic_rifle.n.01] as in: light machine gun

'automatic'

[automatic_pistol.n.01] as in: a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released

'automatic'

[automatic.a.01] as in: operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control

Examples:
automatic transmission
a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts

'automatic'

[automatic.s.01] as in: resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine

Examples:
an automatic `thank you'
machinelike efficiency

'automatic'

[automatic.s.02] as in: without volition or conscious control

Examples:
the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light
a reflex knee jerk
sneezing is reflexive

Origins

					automatic (English)
└── automatique (French)
    ├── -ique (French)
    │   └── -icus (Dutch)
    ├── automate (French)
    └── αὐτόματον (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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