automatic : Idioms & Phrases

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Automatic arts

  • such economic arts or manufacture as are carried on by self-acting machinery.
Webster 1913

automatic choke

  • noun a choke that automatically controls the flow of air to the carburetor
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automatic data processing

  • noun data processing by a computer
    ADP.
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automatic data processing system

  • noun a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage
    ADPS; ADP system; computing system; computer system.
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automatic drive

  • noun a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car
    automatic drive.
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automatic face recognition

  • noun biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces
    facial recognition; face recognition.
    • they used face recognition to spot known terrorists
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automatic firearm

  • noun a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released
    automatic firearm; automatic gun.
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automatic gun

  • noun a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released
    automatic firearm; automatic gun.
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automatic pilot

  • noun a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness
    autopilot.
    • she went about her chores on automatic pilot
    • too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot
    • she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot
  • noun a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course
    autopilot; robot pilot.
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automatic pistol

  • noun a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
    automatic.
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automatic rifle

  • noun light machine gun
    automatic; machine rifle.
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automatic teller

  • noun an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used
    ATM; cash machine; automatic teller; automated teller machine; automated teller; cash dispenser.
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automatic teller machine

  • noun an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used
    ATM; cash machine; automatic teller; automated teller machine; automated teller; cash dispenser.
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automatic transmission

  • noun a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car
    automatic drive.
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automatic washer

  • noun a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically
    washer; washing machine.
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automatic weapon

  • noun a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released
    automatic firearm; automatic gun.
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browning automatic rifle

  • noun a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War
    BAR.
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non-automatic

  • adjective satellite operated by hand
    hand-operated.
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