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He stooped to the hole in the flooring, and, his fingers going unerringly to their hiding place, took out a black silk mask and an electric flashlight--his automatic was already in his possession.

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  1. adjective Acting or operating in a manner essentially independent of external influence or control: an automatic light switch; a budget deficit that triggered automatic spending cuts.
  2. adjective Self-regulating: an automatic washing machine.
  3. adjective Acting or done without volition or conscious control; involuntary: automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eyes in strong light. See Synonyms at spontaneous.
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  • I want to see this chute stunt but I was going to try to get in a horseback ride before the sun went down. —  The Pull of the Moon
  • Giving the local Deyzara the impression that the Authority even suspected some of their own of such a crime carried with it the automatic, and dangerous, corollary that the Authority favored the Sakuntala. —  Drowning World
  • The small, well-manicured hand that held the automatic was as steady as a rock. —  166 - The Disappearing Lady
  • He stooped to the hole in the flooring, and, his fingers going unerringly to their hiding place, took out a black silk mask and an electric flashlight--his automatic was already in his possession. —  The Adventures of Jimmie Dale
  • Semi-automatic, twelve-caliber tumblers-where the hell did you get it? " —  The Forever War
 

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  1. From Greek automatos : auto-, auto- + -matos, willing; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Greek αὐτόματος, self-moving (see automaton), + -ic.
 

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