English to English
adjective
- operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
Automatic transmission.
A budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Having an inherent power of action or motion.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- light machine gun
source: WordNet 3.0
- a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
source: WordNet 3.0
adjective satellite
- resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine
An automatic `thank you'.
Machinelike efficiency.
source: WordNet 3.0
- without volition or conscious control
The automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light.
A reflex knee jerk.
Sneezing is reflexive.
source: WordNet 3.0
