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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms) A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads ready for another shot. Called also {Browning pistol}, {Colt-Browning pistol}, {automatic pistol} and {automatic}. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Automatic \Au`to*mat"ic\, Automatical \Au`to*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. automatique. See {Automaton}.] 1. Having an inherent power of action or motion. [1913 Webster] Nothing can be said to be automatic. --Sir H. Davy. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; operating with minimal human intervention; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse; an automatic transmission. The opposite of {manual}. Note: Narrower terms are: {autoloading(prenominal), semiautomatic ; {automated, machine-controlled, machine-driven ; {self-acting, self-activating, self-moving, self-regulating ; {self-locking ; {self-winding . Also See: mechanical. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 3. (Physiol.) Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; as, automatic movements or functions. The opposite of {voluntary}. Syn: reflex(prenominal), reflexive,involuntary [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Unconscious or automatic reasoning. --H. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 4. like the unthinking functioning of a machine. an automatic `thank you' Syn: automaton-like, automatonlike, machinelike, machine-like, robotlike. [WordNet 1.5] {Automatic arts}, such economic arts or manufacture as are carried on by self-acting machinery. --Ure. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: automatic \automatic\ n. 1. light machine gun. Syn: automatic rifle, machine rifle [WordNet 1.5] 2. a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released; as, a .45 automatic. Syn: automatic pistol. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: automatic adj 1: operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control; "automatic transmission"; "a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts" [ant: {manual}] 2: resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency" [syn: {automatic}, {automatonlike}, {machinelike}, {robotlike}, {robotic}] 3: without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive" [syn: {automatic}, {reflex(a)}, {reflexive}] n 1: light machine gun [syn: {automatic rifle}, {automatic}, {machine rifle}] 2: a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released [syn: {automatic pistol}, {automatic}]