Acting automatically or involuntarily. / The power of initiating vital processes from within the cell, organ, or organism, independent of external stimulus.

plural of automatism

Capable of operating without external control or intervention. / Done out of habit or without conscious thought. / Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.

A car with automatic transmission. / A semi-automatic pistol.

The ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required.

In an automatic manner.

To make or become automatic. / To cause to be automated; to automate.

plural of automatic

A vending machine for food. / A cafeteria consisting of vending machines.

simple past tense and past participle of automatize