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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  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.
  
              Nothing can be said to be automatic.  --Sir H. Davy.
  
     2. Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature
        of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under
        fixed conditions; -- 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.
  
     3. Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; as,
        automatic movements or functions.
  
              Unconscious or automatic reasoning.   --H. Spenser.
  
     {Automatic arts}, such economic arts or manufacture as are
        carried on by self-acting machinery. --Ure.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  automatic
       adj 1: operating with minimal human intervention; independent of
              external control; "automatic transmission"; "a budget
              deficit that caused automatic spending cuts" [ant: {manual}]
       2: like the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an automatic
          `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency" [syn: {automatonlike},
           {machinelike}, {robotlike}]
       3: without volition or conscious control; "the automatic
          shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a
          reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive" [syn: {reflex(a)},
           {reflexive}]
       n 1: light machine gun [syn: {automatic rifle}, {machine rifle}]
       2: a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone
          or the trigger is released [syn: {automatic pistol}]

From eng-fra [engfra]:

  automatic
  	[ɔːtəmætik]
  	automatique
  
  

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