- automatonlike
- adjectiveresembling the unthinking functioning of a machine-
an automatic `thank you'
-machinelike efficiency
• Syn: ↑automatic, ↑machinelike, ↑robotlike, ↑robotic• Similar to: ↑mechanical
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automatonlike
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autoloadingprenominal semiautomatic — Automatic Au to*mat ic, Automatical Au to*mat ic*al, a. [Cf. F. automatique. See {Automaton}.] 1. Having an inherent power of action or motion. [1913 Webster] Nothing can be said to be automatic. Sir H. Davy. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
automated machine-controlled machine-driven — Automatic Au to*mat ic, Automatical Au to*mat ic*al, a. [Cf. F. automatique. See {Automaton}.] 1. Having an inherent power of action or motion. [1913 Webster] Nothing can be said to be automatic. Sir H. Davy. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Automatic — Au to*mat ic, Automatical Au to*mat ic*al, a. [Cf. F. automatique. See {Automaton}.] 1. Having an inherent power of action or motion. [1913 Webster] Nothing can be said to be automatic. Sir H. Davy. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or produced by … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Automatic arts — Automatic Au to*mat ic, Automatical Au to*mat ic*al, a. [Cf. F. automatique. See {Automaton}.] 1. Having an inherent power of action or motion. [1913 Webster] Nothing can be said to be automatic. Sir H. Davy. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Automatical — Automatic Au to*mat ic, Automatical Au to*mat ic*al, a. [Cf. F. automatique. See {Automaton}.] 1. Having an inherent power of action or motion. [1913 Webster] Nothing can be said to be automatic. Sir H. Davy. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
machine-like — machinelike machinelike, machine like machine likeadj. behaving in an unthinking manner, like the functioning of a machine; as, machine like fools. Syn: automatic, automaton like, automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
machinelike — machinelike, machine like machine likeadj. behaving in an unthinking manner, like the functioning of a machine; as, machine like fools. Syn: automatic, automaton like, automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
self-acting self-activating self-moving self-regulating — Automatic Au to*mat ic, Automatical Au to*mat ic*al, a. [Cf. F. automatique. See {Automaton}.] 1. Having an inherent power of action or motion. [1913 Webster] Nothing can be said to be automatic. Sir H. Davy. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
self-locking — Automatic Au to*mat ic, Automatical Au to*mat ic*al, a. [Cf. F. automatique. See {Automaton}.] 1. Having an inherent power of action or motion. [1913 Webster] Nothing can be said to be automatic. Sir H. Davy. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
self-winding — Automatic Au to*mat ic, Automatical Au to*mat ic*al, a. [Cf. F. automatique. See {Automaton}.] 1. Having an inherent power of action or motion. [1913 Webster] Nothing can be said to be automatic. Sir H. Davy. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
