Meaning

7 senses
  1. Capable of operating without external control or intervention.

    The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device.

    automatisch

    автомати́ческийavtomatíčeskij

    автомати́чнийavtomatýčnyj

    operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control

  2. Done out of habit or without conscious thought.

    The reaction was automatic: flight!

    Absent-minded doodling is a form of automatic art.

    automatisch

    автомати́ческийavtomatíčeskij, механи́ческийmexaníčeskij, машина́льныйmašinálʹnyj

    автомати́чнийavtomatýčnyj, механі́чнийmexaníčnyj, машина́льнийmašynálʹnyj

    without volition or conscious control

  3. Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.

    Spitting at another player means an automatic red card.

  4. 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.

  5. 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).

    Maschinen-, automatisch

    автомати́ческийavtomatíčeskij

    автомати́чнийavtomatýčnyj

  6. Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.

  7. Having one or more finite-state automata.

Examples

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  1. This is an automatic door.

    Це автоматичні двері.

    ruЭто автоматическая дверь.

    deDas ist eine automatische Tür.

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  2. Most workers get an automatic pay raise every year.

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  3. Do you drive a manual or automatic?

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  4. She has an automatic washing machine.

    ruУ неё стиральная машина-автомат.

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  5. The lift has an automatic door.

    ruУ лифта автоматическая дверь.

    deDie Aufzugskabine hat eine automatische Tür.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
capable of operating without external control:
acting without conscious thought:
Русский
By meaning 2
capable of operating without external control:
acting without conscious thought:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
capable of operating without external control:
describing a firearm which fires continuously:

Origin

Borrowed from New Latin automaticus, from Classical Latin automatum (“automaton”) + -icus

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.

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