автомат — meaning in English

English meaning

• automatic adj Operating by itself, without a person directly controlling it.
• automaton noun A mechanical device built to carry out a fixed set of movements or instructions on its own.

Senses

автомат is used for these senses in English:

• assault rifle A military select-fire rifle or carbine that fires a shortened rifle caliber round or lower-power smaller-calibre round, from a high-capacity magazine.
• automatic A semi-automatic pistol.
• state machine (computing theory) Ellipsis of finite-state machine.

automatic — full definition

1. adj Operating by itself, without a person directly controlling it.
2. adj Done without conscious thought, as a habit or reflex.
3. noun A vehicle with an automatic transmission, or a self-loading firearm.

automaton — full definition

1. noun A mechanical device built to carry out a fixed set of movements or instructions on its own.
2. noun A person who behaves in a dull, mechanical way, as if acting without feeling or thought.

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