automatic

1. Operating with minimal human intervention;
   Independent of external control (synset 300182776)
   "automatic transmission"; "a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts"
   also: mechanical - using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
   similar to:

   • 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
2. Resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine (synset 301503678)
   "an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency"
   similar to: mechanical - using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
   same as: automatonlike, machinelike, robotic, robotlike
3. Without volition or conscious control (synset 302532828)
   "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"
   referred to in: physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
   similar to: involuntary - controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control
   same as: reflex, reflexive

1. Light machine gun (synset 102763860)
   is a type of:

   • 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)
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: automatic rifle, machine rifle
2. A pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released (synset 102763663)
   is a type of:

   • 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
   same as: automatic pistol

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