operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control; automatic transmission; a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts'
automatic (adj.)
light machine gun
[ Syn: automatic rifle , automatic rifle , machine rifle , machine rifle ]
a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
[ Syn: automatic pistol , automatic pistol ]
automatic (n.)
resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine; an automatic `thank you; machinelike efficiency
[ Syn: automatonlike , machinelike , robotlike , robotic ]
without volition or conscious control; the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light; a reflex knee jerk; sneezing is reflexive