AUTOMATIC
- Done or occurring spontaneously, without conscious thought or intention
- an automobile with a self-regulating transmission [n AUTOMATICS]
- (of a device or process) Working by itself with little or no direct human control
- (of a firearm) Self-loading and able to fire continuously until the ammunition is exhausted or the pressure on the trigger is released
- without conscious thought [adj AUTOMATICALLY] / an automatic gun [n -S]
- (of a motor vehicle or its transmission) Using gears that shift by themselves according to speed and acceleration
- Occurring as a matter of course and without debate
- (esp. of a legal sanction) Given or imposed as a necessary and inevitable result of a fixed rule or particular set of circumstances