different between automatic vs autonomic

English

Alternative forms

• automatick

Etymology

From French automatique, from Ancient Greek ????????? (autómaton), neuter of ????????? (autómatos, “self-moving, moving of oneself, self-acting, spontaneous”), from ????? (autós, “self, myself”) + ????? (mémaa, “to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???t??mæt?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??t??mæt?k/, [?????mæ??k]
• Rhymes: -æt?k

Adjective

automatic (comparative more automatic, superlative most automatic) (superlative dubious)

1. Capable of operating without external control or intervention.

   Antonyms: manual, non-automatic

2. Done out of habit or without conscious thought.

   Synonyms: instinctive, perfunctory, thoughtless

   Antonym: voluntary

3. Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.

4. (of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.

   Coordinate terms: semi-automatic, burst mode, selective action, bolt action, lever action, (single-round per loading/chambering action) pump action

5. (of a handgun) An autoloader; a semi-automatic or self-loading pistol, as opposed to a revolver or other manually actuated handgun, which fires one shot per pull of the trigger; distinct from machine guns.
6. (computing, of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
7. (mathematics, of a group) Having one or more finite-state automata

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Related terms

Descendants

• ? Albanian: automatik
• ? Malay: automatik

Translations

Noun

automatic (plural automatics)

1. A car with automatic transmission.

   I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic.

2. A semi-automatic pistol.

Antonyms

• (car with automatic transmission): stick, stickshift; manual transmission; standard transmission

Translations

See also

(automotive):

• semi-automatic
• manumatic
• manual

Romanian

Etymology

From French automatique

Adjective

automatic m or n (feminine singular automatic?, masculine plural automatici, feminine and neuter plural automatice)

1. automatic

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• autonomical

Etymology

From autonomy +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.t??n?m.?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??t.??n?m.?k/
• Rhymes: -?m?k

Adjective

autonomic (not comparable)

1. (neurology) Acting or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control.
2. (neuroanatomy, neurology) Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system.

Derived terms

Related terms

• autonomous
• dysautonomic

References

• “autonomic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “autonomic”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).