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Automatical (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.
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Nothing can be said to be automatic. --Sir H. Davy.
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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.
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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
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Unconscious or automatic reasoning. --H. Spenser.
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4. like the unthinking functioning of a machine. an automatic
`thank you'
Syn: automaton-like, automatonlike, machinelike,
machine-like, robotlike.
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Automatic arts, such economic arts or manufacture as are
carried on by self-acting machinery. --Ure.
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| podobné slovo | definícia |
automatically (mass) | automatically
- automaticky, samočinne, automatizovane |
automatically (encz) | automatically,automaticky adv: Zdeněk Brožautomatically,automatizovaně automatically,samočinně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Automatically (gcide) | Automatically \Au`to*mat"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In an automatic manner.
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automatically (wn) | automatically
adv 1: in a reflex manner; "he answered automatically"
2: in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism; "this door opens
mechanically" [syn: mechanically, automatically] |
automatically programmed tools (foldoc) | Automatically Programmed Tools
(APT) A language for numerically controlled machine
tools.
Versions: APT II (IBM 704, 1958), APT III (IBM 7090, 1961).
["APT Part Programming", McGraw-Hill].
[Sammet 1969, p. 605].
(1995-05-04)
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mathematics in recognizable form automatically compiled (foldoc) | Mathematics in Recognizable Form Automatically Compiled
MIRFAC
(MIRFAC) An early interactive system resembling
BASIC using typewriter output with special mathematical
symbols.
[Sammet 1969, pp. 281-284].
(1997-08-01)
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