automatic

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French automatique, from Greek αυτοματικός (automatikos), from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (automaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (automatos), “‘selfmoving, moving of oneself, self-acting, spontaneous’”), from αὐτός (autos), “‘self, myself’”) + μέμαα (memaa), “‘to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/, SAMPA: /%O:t@"m{tIk/
• (US) IPA: /ˌɔtəˈmætɪk/, SAMPA: /%Ot@"m{tIk/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ætɪk

[edit] Adjective

automatic (not comparable)

1. Capable of operating without external control or intervention.

   The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device

2. Done out of habit or without conscious thought.

   The reaction was automatic: flight!

3. (of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
4. (computing, of a local variable) Being added and removed from the stack automatically during the course of function calls.

[edit] Synonyms

• (without conscious thought): perfunctory, thoughtless, instinctive

[edit] Antonyms

• (not capable of operating with external control): manual
• (not without conscious thought): voluntary

[edit] Derived terms

• automatically
• automaticity
• automatic transmission

[edit] Related terms

• automagical
• automat
• automaton
• automation
• automatization
• automatize
• automobile
• autopilot

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[edit] Noun

automatic (plural automatics)

1. A car with automatic transmission.

   I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic.

2. (proscribed) A semi-automatic pistol.

[edit] Antonyms

• (car with automatic transmission): stick, stickshift; manual transmission; standard transmission

[edit] Translations