AUTOMATIC

I. adjective see: mind Date: 1748 1. largely or wholly involuntary, acting or done spontaneously or unconsciously, done or produced as if by machine ; mechanical , having a self-acting or self-regulating mechanism , firing repeatedly until the trigger is released, see: spontaneous ~ally adverb ~ity noun II. noun Date: 1897 a machine or apparatus that operates ~ally: as, an ~ firearm, an ~ transmission, a semi~ firearm, audible