automatic

== English == === Alternative forms === automatick (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin automaticus, from Classical Latin automatum (“automaton”) + -icus (adjectival suffix), from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (autómaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (autómatos, “self-moving, moving of oneself, self-acting, spontaneous”), from αὐτός (autós, “self, myself”) + μέμαα (mémaa, “to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire”). The original pronunciation, apparently with stress on the second syllable, was after the ultimate Greek base. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˌɔː.ɾəˈmæɾ.ɪk] (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˌɑː.təˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˌɑː.ɾəˈmæɾ.ɪk] (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˌɑː.təˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˌɑː.ɾəˈmæɾ.ɪk] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌoː.təˈmæt.ɪk/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˌɔʈɵˌmaʈɪk/, /ˈɔʈɵməʈɪk/ Rhymes: -ætɪk Hyphenation: au‧to‧mat‧ic === Adjective === automatic (comparative more automatic, superlative most automatic) (superlative dubious) Capable of operating without external control or intervention. Synonym: self-operating Antonyms: manual, non-automatic Done out of habit or without conscious thought. Synonyms: instinctive, perfunctory, thoughtless Antonym: voluntary Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc. (of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted. Coordinate terms: semi-automatic, burst mode, selective action, bolt action, lever action, (single-round per loading/chambering action) pump action (of a handgun) An autoloader; a semi-automatic or self-loading pistol, as opposed to a revolver or other manually actuated handgun, which fires one shot per pull of the trigger; distinct from machine guns. (programming, of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls. (mathematics, of a group) Having one or more finite-state automata. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Albanian: automatik → Malay: automatik → Pohnpeian: audomadik ==== Translations ==== === Noun === automatic (plural automatics) A car with an automatic transmission; the transmission itself. Antonyms: manual, manual transmission, standard transmission, stick, stickshift, stick shift A semi-automatic pistol. Coordinate term: revolver ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (automotive): semi-automatic manumatic manual === References === == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French automatique. By surface analysis, automat +‎ -ic. === Adjective === automatic m or n (feminine singular automatică, masculine plural automatici, feminine/neuter plural automatice) automatic ==== Declension ====