automatic
Adjective
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Operating with minimal human intervention
Independent of external control (synset 300182776)also: mechanical - using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devicessimilar:- autoloading, self-loading, semiautomatic - (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously
- automated, machine-controlled, machine-driven - operated by automation
- self-acting, self-activating, self-moving, self-regulating - designed to activate or move or regulate itself
- self-locking - locking automatically when closed
- self-winding - designed so that manual winding is unnecessary
- semiautomatic - partially automatic
- smart - capable of independent and apparently intelligent action
Noun
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Light machine gun (synset 102763860)
hypernym:
- automatic firearm, automatic gun, automatic weapon - a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released
- machine gun - a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)
hyponym:- assault gun, assault rifle - any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use
- bar, browning automatic rifle - a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War
synonym: automatic rifle, machine rifle -
A pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released (synset 102763663)
hypernym:
- automatic firearm, automatic gun, automatic weapon - a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released
- handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arm - a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
synonym: automatic pistol
Adjective
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Resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine (synset 301503678)
similar: mechanical - using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
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Without volition or conscious control (synset 302532828)
domain category: physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organismssimilar: involuntary - controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control
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