SEMIAUTOMATIC


Meaning of SEMIAUTOMATIC in English

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

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