Dictionary Definition
automatic adj
1 operating with minimal human intervention;
independent of external control; "automatic transmission"; "a
budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts" [ant: manual]
2 like the unthinking functioning of a machine;
"an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency" [syn: automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike]
3 without volition or conscious control; "the
automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a
reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive" [syn: reflex(a),
reflexive]
Noun
1 light machine gun [syn: automatic
rifle, machine
rifle]
2 a pistol that will keep firing until the
ammunition is gone or the trigger is released [syn: automatic
pistol]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From automatique, from αυτοματικός, from αυτόματον, neuter of αυτόματος, from αυτός + μέμαα. rfscript GrekPronunciation
- a UK /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/, /%O:t@"m
Extensive Definition
Automatic may refer to:
- Automatic transmission
- Automatic firearm
- Automatic watch
- Automatic (automobile), a defunct American automobile company
In music:
- The Automatic, a band
- Automatic (Dweezil Zappa album)
- Automatic (The Stitches album)
- Automatic (The Jesus and Mary Chain album)
- Automatic (The Turbo A.C.'s album)
- "Automatic" (Prince song), a song by Prince from 1999
- "Automatic" (Pointer Sisters song)
- "Automatic / time will tell", a song by Utada Hikaru
- "Automatic", a song by The Dismemberment Plan
- "Automatic", a song by The Red Devils
- "Automatic", a song by Less Than Jake on the album Losing Streak
- Automatic the Gary Numan album
In film:
- Automatic, a 1994 action film starring Olivier Gruner
See also
automatic in Japanese:
オートマチック
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accordant, accustomed, alike, automated, automatic device,
automaton, automatous, balanced, beaten, blind, blowgun, blowpipe, casual, compulsive, conditioned, confirmed, consistent, consonant, constant, continuous, correspondent, cybernated, cyborg, equable, equal, even, firearm, flamethrower, flat, forced, frequent, gat, gun, gut, habitual, habituated, hackneyed, handgun, heater, homogeneous, ill-advised,
ill-considered, ill-devised, immutable, impulsive, inadvertent, indeliberate, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inherent, innate, instinctive, instinctual, invariable, involuntary, level, libidinal, measured, mechanical, mechanical man,
methodic, monolithic, musket, natural, of a piece, ordered, orderly, peashooter, persistent, piece, pistol, prompt, quick, ready, recurrent, recurring, reflex, reflexive, regular, repeater, repetitive, revolver, rifle, robot, robotlike, rod, routine, sawed-off shotgun,
self-acting, self-active, self-adjusting, self-closing,
self-controlled, self-cooking, self-directed, self-directing,
self-dumping, self-governed, self-governing, self-lighting,
self-mover, self-operative, self-regulating, self-regulative,
self-starting, self-winding, self-working, semiautomatic, shooting
iron, shotgun, six-gun,
six-shooter, smooth,
snap, spontaneous, stable, steadfast, steady, stereotyped, subliminal, systematic, trite, unadvised, unavoidable, unbroken, uncalculated, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unconscious, unconsidered, undeliberate, undeliberated, undesigned, undeviating, undifferentiated,
undiversified,
uniform, unintended, unintentional, unlearned, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprompted, unruffled, unstudied, unthinking, unvaried, unvarying, unwilled, unwilling, unwitting, well-trodden,
well-worn