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An apparatus which transmits automatically to a central station atmospheric changes as marked by the anemometer, barometer, thermometer, etc.
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Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence.
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of Automaton
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In an automatic manner.
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Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse.
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An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured.
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An automatic instrument for registering, by photography or otherwise, the states and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements.
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An apparatus for automatic ignition.
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The quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
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An instrument for automatically recording indications of the variation of temperature.
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Automatic.
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The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.
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A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship.
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Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service.
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Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; as, automatic movements or functions.
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An instrument for recording automatically the variations of the humidity of the atmosphere.
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A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece.
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Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press.
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Alt. of Automatical
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of Automaton
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