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  • adjective same as hand-operated.

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  • adjective operated by hand

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Examples

  • A non-automatic power loom is “non-automatic” in the sense that, when the weft supply package in the shuttle becomes exhausted, it must be replaced manually.

    Chapter 6 1983

  • The Broncos aren't just looking to get into the BCS this season, they're a legitimate contender to reach the championship game from a non-automatic qualifying conference, and that would be a first.

    College Football Rankings Week 6: Big Change Atop AP Poll AP 2010

  • TCU is the first school from a non-automatic qualifying conference to play in the Rose Bowl since the advent of the BCS, and the Frogs were right at home.

    2011 Rose Bowl Winner: TCU Defeats Wisconsin Nick Graham 2011

  • TCU is the first school from a non-automatic qualifying conference to play in the Rose Bowl since the advent of the BCS, and the Frogs were right at home.

    2011 Rose Bowl Winner: TCU Defeats Wisconsin Nick Graham 2011

  • TCU is the first school from a non-automatic qualifying conference to play in the Rose Bowl since the advent of the BCS, and the Frogs were right at home.

    2011 Rose Bowl Winner: TCU Defeats Wisconsin Nick Graham 2011

  • The Broncos aren't just looking to get into the BCS this season, they're a legitimate contender to reach the championship game from a non-automatic qualifying conference, and that would be a first.

    College Football Rankings Week 6: Big Change Atop AP Poll AP 2010

  • The collapse of the Gilded Age ushered in an era in which we “knew” various things about the virtues of the mixed economy and the non-automatic nature of economic growth.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Ideology of Incentives 2009

  • The Broncos aren't just looking to get into the BCS this season, they're a legitimate contender to reach the championship game from a non-automatic qualifying conference, and that would be a first.

    College Football Rankings Week 6: Big Change Atop AP Poll AP 2010

  • The Broncos aren't just looking to get into the BCS this season, they're a legitimate contender to reach the championship game from a non-automatic qualifying conference, and that would be a first.

    College Football Rankings Week 6: Big Change Atop AP Poll AP 2010

  • "That's a remarkable statement, because it's not apparent why non-automatic qualifying conferences should pay tithes to the AQs for fielding championship teams in the '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s," said Matt Sanderson, co-founder of Playoff PAC, a political-action committee dedicated to replacing the BCS with a playoff.

    DOJ Asked to Probe BCS Under Antitrust Law Darren Everson 2011

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