automatic

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Synonyms: automagic, axiomatic, automaton, autocratic, aromatic, automatism, asthmatic, automation, automated, automatist, automatize

Antonyms: automagic, axiomatic, automaton, autocratic, aromatic, automatism, asthmatic, automation, automated, automatist, automatize

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Adjective

1. Capable of [[operate|operating]] without [[external]] [[control]] or [[intervention]].
2. Done out of [[habit]] or without [[conscious]] [[thought]].
3. [[necessary|Necessary]], [[inevitable]], prescribed by logic, law, etc.
4. {{senseid|en|weapons}} {{lb|en|of a [[firearm]] such as a [[machine gun]]}} Firing continuously as long as the [[trigger]] is pressed until [[ammunition]] is exhausted.
5. {{lb|en|of a [[handgun]]}} An [[autoloader]]; a [[semi-automatic]] or self-loading [[pistol]], as opposed to a revolver or other manually actuated handgun, which fires one shot per pull of the trigger; distinct from machine guns.
6. {{lb|en|programming|of a local [[variable]]}} Automatically added to and removed from the [[stack]] during the course of [[function]] [[call]]s.
7. {{lb|en|maths|of a group}} Having one or more finite-state [[automata]].

Noun

1. {{senseid|en|car with automatic transmission or the transmission itself}} A [[car]] with an [[automatic transmission]]; the transmission itself.
2. {{senseid|en|semi-automatic pistol}} A [[semi-automatic]] [[pistol]].

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