{ Au`to*mat"ic (&?;), Au`to*mat"ic*al
(&?;), } a. [Cf. F.
automatique. See Automaton.]
1. Having an inherent power of action or
motion.
Nothing can be said to be automatic.
Sir H. Davy.
2. Pertaining to, or produced by, an
automaton; of the nature of
an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; -- 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.
3. Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; as, automatic movements or
functions.
Unconscious or automatic reasoning.
H.
Spenser.
Automatic
arts, such economic
arts or manufacture as are carried on
by self-acting machinery.
Ure.
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