automatic /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/adjective 7noun 2forms 4 adjective7 •(of a machine) able to work on its own, without a person guiding itThe automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device. •Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.Automatic variables are created on the stack. They are valid only from the point where they are declared to the end of the function. — 2012 •Done out of habit or without conscious thought.The reaction was automatic: flight!Absent-minded doodling is a form of automatic art. •Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.Fully automatic weapons cannot be legally owned by private citizens in the US, except in very special circumstances, as by private security companies. •Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.Spitting at another player means an automatic red card. •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). •Having one or more finite-state automata. noun2 •A car with an automatic transmission; the transmission itself.I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic. •A semi-automatic pistol.The G-men raiding the speakeasy were equipped with .45 automatics, while the local policemen were carrying revolvers and shotguns. formsautomatics · more automatic · dubious · most automatic
