au·to·mat·ic

(ô′tə-măt′ĭk)

adj.

a. Acting or operating in a manner essentially independent of external influence or control: an automatic light switch; a budget deficit that triggered automatic spending cuts.

b. Self-regulating: an automatic washing machine.

a. Acting or done without volition or conscious control; involuntary: automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eyes in strong light.

b. Acting or done as if by machine; mechanical: an automatic reply to a familiar question.

a. Capable of firing continuously until ammunition is exhausted or the trigger is released: an automatic rifle.

b. Semiautomatic: an automatic pistol.

1. An automatic machine or device.

a. An automatic firearm.

b. A semiautomatic firearm.

3. A transmission or a motor vehicle with an automatic gear-shifting mechanism.

4. Football See audible.

Idiom:

on automatic

Functioning by or as if by automatic machine or device.

[From Greek automatos : auto-, auto- + -matos, willing; see men- in Indo-European roots.]

au′to·mat′i·cal·ly adv.

au′to·ma·tic′i·ty (-mə-tĭs′ĭ-tē) n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adv.	1.	automatically - in a reflex manner; "he answered automatically"
	2.	automatically - in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism; "this door opens mechanically" mechanically

Translations

آلياًبِصورَة أوتوماتيكيه

automatickymechanicky

automatisk

automaattisesti

automatski

automatikusan

á sjálfvirkan hátt; ósjálfrátt

automaticamente

自動的に

자동으로

automaticky

avtomatičnosamodejno

automatiskt

โดยอัตโนมัติ

otomatik olarak

một cách tự động

自动地

automatically

[ˌɔːtəˈmætɪkəlɪ] ADV → automáticamente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

automatically

[ˌɔːtəˈmætɪkli] adv

(by machine, mechanism) → automatiquement
A computer automatically guided the plane → L'avion était guidé automatiquement par ordinateur.

[behave, respond] → automatiquement
He found himself automatically walking up to the house
BUT Il réalisa qu'il se dirigeait machinalement vers la maison.automatic pilot autopilot [ˈɔːtəʊpaɪlət] n → pilote m automatique
to be on automatic pilot, to be on autopilot [plane] → être sur pilote automatique (fig) → marcher au radarautomatic ticketing machine n → billetterie f automatiqueautomatic transmission n [car] → transmission f automatique

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

automatically

adv → automatisch

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

automatically

[ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/əlɪ] adv → automaticamente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

automatic

(oːtəˈmatik) adjective

1. (of a machine etc) working by itself. an automatic washing-machine.

2. (of an action) without thinking. an automatic response.

noun

a self-loading gun. He has two automatics and a rifle.

ˈautomated (-mei-) adjective

working by automation.

ˌautoˈmatically adverb

This machine works automatically; He answered automatically.

ˌautoˈmation noun

(in factories etc) the use of machines, especially to work other machines. Automation has resulted in people losing their jobs.

automaton (oːˈtomətən) – plurals auˈtomata (-tə) , auˈtomatons – noun

a human-shaped machine that can be operated to move by itself.

automatically

→ آلياً automaticky automatisk automatisch αυτομάτως automáticamente automaattisesti automatiquement automatski automaticamente 自動的に 자동으로 automatisch automatisk automatycznie automaticamente автоматически automatiskt โดยอัตโนมัติ otomatik olarak một cách tự động 自动地

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We expected the beach to lift up this way and that, and the rocky walls to swing back and forth like the sides of a ship; and when we braced ourselves, automatically, for these various expected movements, their non-occurrence quite overcame our equilibrium.

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