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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
automatic/ɔːtəˈmatɪk/
▶adjective
- 1 (of a device or process) working by itself with little or no direct human control.
■ (of a firearm) self-loading and able to fire continuously.
- 2 done or occurring without conscious thought.
- 3 (of a penalty or legal sanction) necessary and inevitable, as a result of a fixed rule or particular set of circumstances.
– derivatives
automatically adverb,
automaticity noun,
automatization (or automatisation) noun,
automatize (or automatise) verb.
automatically adverb,
automaticity noun,
automatization (or automatisation) noun,
automatize (or automatise) verb.
'automatic' also found in these Oxford entries:
accommodation
- ADF
- ADP
- AFC
- AGC
- ATP
- auto
- auto-
- automatic pilot
- automatic writing
- automation
- autopilot
- AWS
- biofeedback
- Browning
- cannon
- carbine
- carillon
- circuit-breaker
- clip
- clock
- condition
- cybernetics
- data capture
- defence mechanism
- fly-by-wire
- gyropilot
- hole in the wall
- hotlink
- hydraulic ram
- instinctive
- kick-down
- knee-jerk
- Luger
- machine gun
- mail merge
- mechanize
- organ
- override
- PABX
- planchette
- pom-pom
- prewash
- pro-nuncio
- robot
- rubber stamp
- self-winding
- semi-automatic
- sprinkler
Forum discussions with the word(s) "automatic" in the title:
"It's the sound of America on fully automatic"
A/an: automatic machine, European country
automated vs. automatic
automatic jail time
automatic light at the door of the house
automatic machine for taking pictures
Automatic machines speed the time
Automatic packaging machine....?
automatic quick fixes
automatic reply
automatic stairs
automatic stairs in the super market
blue automatic
conditional reflex [=automatic response. Another word?]
freqency of ATMs( Automatic Cash Dispensing Machines)
semi-automatic welding with a wire
the program supports the automatic synchronization
A/an: automatic machine, European country
automated vs. automatic
automatic jail time
automatic light at the door of the house
automatic machine for taking pictures
Automatic machines speed the time
Automatic packaging machine....?
automatic quick fixes
automatic reply
automatic stairs
automatic stairs in the super market
blue automatic
conditional reflex [=automatic response. Another word?]
freqency of ATMs( Automatic Cash Dispensing Machines)
semi-automatic welding with a wire
the program supports the automatic synchronization
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