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Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms)
A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable
magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil
extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads
ready for another shot. Called also {Browning pistol},
{Colt-Browning pistol}, {automatic pistol} and {automatic}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. PJC]


Automatic \Au`to*mat"ic\, Automatical \Au`to*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf.
F. automatique. See {Automaton}.]
1. Having an inherent power of action or motion.
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Nothing can be said to be automatic. --Sir H. Davy.
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2. Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature
of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under
fixed conditions; operating with minimal human
intervention; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in
which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are
done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic
feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic
engine or switch; an automatic mouse; an automatic
transmission. The opposite of {manual}.

Note: Narrower terms are: {autoloading(prenominal),
semiautomatic ; {automated, machine-controlled,
machine-driven ; {self-acting, self-activating,
self-moving, self-regulating ; {self-locking ;
{self-winding . Also See: mechanical.
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3. (Physiol.) Not voluntary; not depending on the will;
mechanical; controlled by the autonomic nervous system;
without conscious control; as, automatic movements or
functions. The opposite of {voluntary}.

Syn: reflex(prenominal), reflexive,involuntary
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Unconscious or automatic reasoning. --H. Spenser.
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4. like the unthinking functioning of a machine. an automatic
`thank you'

Syn: automaton-like, automatonlike, machinelike,
machine-like, robotlike.
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{Automatic arts}, such economic arts or manufacture as are
carried on by self-acting machinery. --Ure.
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automatic \automatic\ n.
1. light machine gun.

Syn: automatic rifle, machine rifle
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2. a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is
gone or the trigger is released; as, a .45 automatic.

Syn: automatic pistol.
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