automatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/
ipa: [ˌɔː.ɾəˈmæɾ.ɪk]
ipa: /ˌɑː.təˈmæt.ɪk/
ipa: [ˌɑː.ɾəˈmæɾ.ɪk]
ipa: /ˌɑː.təˈmæt.ɪk/
ipa: [ˌɑː.ɾəˈmæɾ.ɪk]
ipa: /ˌoː.təˈmæt.ɪk/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɔː.ʈəˌmaʈ.ɪk/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɔː.ʈə.məʈ.ɪk/
rhymes: -ætɪk
Forms: form: more automatic
form: most automatic
form: dubious
form: automatick
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin automaticus, from Classical Latin automatum (“automaton”) + -icus (adjectival suffix), from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (autómaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (autómatos, “self-moving, moving of oneself, self-acting, spontaneous”), from αὐτός (autós, “self, myself”) + μέμαα (mémaa, “to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire”). The original pronunciation, apparently with stress on the second syllable, was after the ultimate Greek base.
Senses: examples: text: The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device.
synonyms: self-operating
antonyms: manual
non-automatic
glosses: Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
examples: text: The reaction was automatic: flight!
text: Absent-minded doodling is a form of automatic art.
text: "I don't know why! Sometimes I feel like a girl! Sometimes a guy! I don't know why I feel that way! I just do! Always have! I can't remember not feeling this way! How do you explain something as natural and automatic to you as breathing?!"
ref: 2021 November 10, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Nov 10, 2021:
synonyms: instinctive
perfunctory
thoughtless
antonyms: voluntary
glosses: Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
examples: text: Spitting at another player means an automatic red card.
glosses: Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.
examples: text: Fully automatic weapons cannot be legally owned by private citizens in the US, except in very special circumstances, as by private security companies.
coordinate_terms: word: semi-automatic
word: burst mode
word: selective action
word: bolt action
word: lever action
word: pump action
english: single-round per loading/chambering action
translation: single-round per loading/chambering action
glosses: Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
raw_tags: of a firearm such as a machine gun
examples: text: The US Army adopted John Browning's M1911 pistol as its sidearm, chambered in .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol).
text: From a little hand-bag he extracted his automatic pistol, which he put upon the mantelpiece.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: 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.
raw_tags: of a handgun
examples: text: Automatic variables are created on the stack. They are valid only from the point where they are declared to the end of the function.
ref: 2012, Robert Clair, Learning Objective-C 2.0: A Hands-on Guide:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
raw_tags: of a local variable
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having one or more finite-state automata.
raw_tags: of a group
Derived terms: automagic
automatical
automatically
automatic data processing machine
automatic differentiation
automatic distance control
automatic door
automatic half-barrier level crossing
automaticity
automatic leveling system
automaticness
automatic pencil
automatic pilot
automatic rifle
automatic summarization
automatic teller
automatic teller machine
automatic train control
automatic transmission
automatic writing
automatist
biautomatic
fully-automatic
fully automatic time
Instamatic
laundromat
manumatic
nonautomatic
-o-matic
pseudoautomatic
section automatic weapon
semi-automatic
semi-automatic transmission
squad automatic weapon
superautomatic
teleautomatic
Related terms: automagical
automat
automation
automatization
automatize
automaton
automobile
autopilot