Automatic
[ɔːtə'mætɪk] or ['ɔtə'mætɪk]
Definition
(adj.) operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control; 'automatic transmission'; 'a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts' .
(adj.) resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine; 'an automatic `thank you''; 'machinelike efficiency' .
(adj.) without volition or conscious control; 'the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light'; 'a reflex knee jerk'; 'sneezing is reflexive' .
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Definition
(a.) Alt. of Automatical
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Self-moving, self-acting.
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Examples
- Then came the electric bell signal and automatic selector attachments. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At other times, free balloons are liberated, carrying sets of automatic registering instruments. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This automatic electrocuting device attracted so much attention, and got half a column in an evening paper, that the manager made me stop it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This was the pioneer of the automatic system which by later improvements is able to send over a thousand words a minute. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In 1858 the machine was further improved by substituting an automatic rake for the raker on the machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Alexander Bain of Edinburgh in 1845-46 originated the modern automatic chemical telegraph. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He lay back and sighted with the automatic rifle as the planes came on steadily. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The Branson 15/16 Automatic Knitter, shown in Fig. 292, is a good modern illustration. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- To-day the friction match is turned out by automatic machinery by the million, and constitutes probably the most ubiquitous and useful of all the minor inventions. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He counted the dead and the wounded and he recognized Sordo's automatic rifle. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In late years automatic regulators have been provided for accomplishing this result. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I think that killing a man with an automatic weapon makes it easier. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- No doubt this automatic and balanced theory of government suited admirably that distrust of the people which seems to have been a dominant feeling among the Fathers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- To meet this trouble and make the machines fool proof, he invented the automatic control in 1890. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He commenced to construct an automatic calculating machine, which he called a difference engine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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