automatic

See also: automàtic

English

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.?
Proto-Indo-European *sóder.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.
Ancient Greek αὖ (aû)
Ancient Greek τόν (tón)?
Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós)
Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós
Proto-Hellenic *mətós
Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)der.
Classical Latin automatum
New Latin automaticusbor.
English automatic
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    Borrowed from New LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from New Latin#AUTOMATICCategory:English terms derived from New Latin#AUTOMATIC automaticus, from Classical LatinCategory:English terms derived from Classical Latin#AUTOMATIC automatum (“automaton”) + -icus (adjectival suffix),[1] from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#AUTOMATIC 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.[1]

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    Adjective

    automatic (comparative more automatic, superlative most automatic)Category:English lemmas#AUTOMATICCategory:English adjectives#AUTOMATICCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AUTOMATICCategory:Pages with entries#AUTOMATICCategory:Pages with 2 entries#AUTOMATIC (superlative dubious)

    1. Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
      Synonym: self-operating
      Antonyms: manual, non-automatic
      The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device.Category:English terms with usage examples#AUTOMATIC
    2. Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
      Synonyms: instinctive, perfunctory, thoughtless
      Antonym: voluntary
      The reaction was automatic: flight!Category:English terms with usage examples#AUTOMATIC
      Absent-minded doodling is a form of automatic art.Category:English terms with usage examples#AUTOMATIC
    3. Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.
      Spitting at another player means an automatic red card.Category:English terms with usage examples#AUTOMATIC
    5. (of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
      Coordinate terms: semi-automatic, burst mode, selective action, bolt action, lever action, (single-round per loading/chambering action) pump action
      Fully automatic weapons cannot be legally owned by private citizens in the US, except in very special circumstances, as by private security companies.
      Category:English terms with usage examples#AUTOMATIC
    6. (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.
      The US Army adopted John Browning's M1911 pistol as its sidearm, chambered in .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol).Category:English terms with usage examples#AUTOMATIC
    7. (programmingCategory:en:Programming#AUTOMATIC, of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
    8. (mathematicsCategory:en:Mathematics#AUTOMATIC, of a group) Having one or more finite-state automata.

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    Noun

    automatic (plural automatics)Category:English lemmas#AUTOMATICCategory:English nouns#AUTOMATICCategory:English countable nouns#AUTOMATICCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AUTOMATICCategory:Pages with entries#AUTOMATICCategory:Pages with 2 entries#AUTOMATIC

    2. A car with an automatic transmission; the transmission itself.
      Antonyms: manualCategory:English links with manual fragments#AUTOMATIC, manual transmission, standard transmission, stick, stickshift, stick shift
      I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic.
      Category:English terms with usage examples#AUTOMATIC
    4. A semi-automatic pistol.
      Coordinate term: revolver
      The G-men raiding the speakeasy were equipped with .45 automatics, while the local policemen were carrying revolvers and shotguns.
      Category:English terms with usage examples#AUTOMATIC

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    See also

    (automotive):

    References

    1. 1 2 “automatic, adj. and n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
    Category:en:Firearms#AUTOMATIC

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#AUTOMATICCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#AUTOMATIC automatique. By surface analysis, automat +‎ -icCategory:Romanian terms suffixed with -ic#AUTOMATIC.

    Adjective

    automatic m or n (feminine singular automatică, masculine plural automatici, feminine/neuter plural automatice)Category:Romanian lemmas#AUTOMATICCategory:Romanian adjectives#AUTOMATICCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#AUTOMATICCategory:Pages with entries#AUTOMATICCategory:Pages with 2 entries#AUTOMATIC

    1. automatic

    Declension

    Declension of automatic
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative-
    accusative     		indefinite automatic automatică automatici automatice
    definite automaticul automatica automaticii automaticele
    genitive-
    dative     		indefinite automatic automatice automatici automatice
    definite automaticului automaticei automaticilor automaticelor
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