| automate |
to use or adopt a system that uses automatic devices. [1/3 definitions] |
| automatic pilot |
(informal) a condition of functioning as if set on automatic pilot. [1/2 definitions] |
| automatism |
the condition or quality of being automatic. [2 definitions] |
| autonomic |
occurring or acting involuntarily or independently; automatic. [1/3 definitions] |
| autopilot |
shortened form of "automatic pilot." |
| cartridge clip |
a metal container or frame used to hold and load cartridges into an automatic rifle or pistol; clip. |
| COLA |
an adjustment in wages or payments, or an automatic schedule of such adjustments, based on changes in the cost of living (acronym for "cost of living adjustment"). |
| counter2 |
a manual or automatic device for keeping count of something. [1/2 definitions] |
| indexation |
the automatic adjustment of wages, prices, interest rates, or other economic factors to a cost-of-living index. |
| inertial guidance |
guidance of a missile, spacecraft, submarine, or the like by means of a self-contained automatic system that measures and adjusts speed and direction to maintain a predetermined course. |
| involuntary |
not subject to conscious control; unconscious or automatic. [1/2 definitions] |
| knee-jerk |
(informal) characterized by or responding in an automatic, predictable way. |
| Luger |
trademark for an automatic pistol manufactured in Germany. |
| M-16 |
the basic U.S. military rifle used in the Vietnam War, which is fully automatic and uses small-caliber, high-velocity ammunition. |
| machine gun |
an automatic gun that fires bullets in rapid succession as long as its trigger is pressed. |
| machine tool |
an automatic or semiautomatic power-driven tool, such as a punch press, lathe, or drill, used to cut or shape metal in the manufacturing of machines and machine parts. |
| magazine |
the part of an automatic weapon that holds its ammunition. [1/3 definitions] |
| mechanical |
acting or performing like a machine or without human intervention; automatic. [1/8 definitions] |
| mechanics |
the technical or automatic aspects or parts of a thing or activity; mechanism or routine. [1/3 definitions] |
| mechanism |
automatic or habitual behavior or response, esp. elaborated patterns of self-protective thought and feeling. [1/4 definitions] |
| mechanistic |
automatic or routine; mechanical. [1/3 definitions] |