The quality of being automatable; the ability to be automated.

Partially automatic. / Of a firearm that automatically ejects a shell and loads the next one, but requires the trigger to be squeezed for each shot; autoloading.

(weaponry) A semi-automatic firearm, especially such a pistol. / (automotive) A semi-automatic transmission.

(automotive) A vehicle transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to vehicle speed and/or load, and does not require any driver input to manually change gears under normal driving conditions; an automatic gearbox.

(weaponry) A rifle that loads itself either from a belt or magazine; a machine gun. (Compare fully automatic rifles vs semi-automatic rifles.)

plural of automatic rifle

plural of semi-automatic

A form of writing claimed not to come from the conscious thoughts of the writer, sometimes performed in a trance.

plural of automatic writing

plural of automatic transmission