transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌȯ-tə-ˈma-tik ]
adjective
Date: 1853
: not fully automatic: as
a. : operated partly automatically and partly by hand
b. of a firearm : able to fire repeatedly but requiring release and another pressure of the trigger for each successive shot
• semiautomatic noun
• semi·au·to·mat·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb