locking lockup | the act of locking something up to protect it |
automatic choke | a choke that automatically controls the flow of air to the carburetor |
automatic firearm automatic gun automatic weapon | a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released |
automatic pistol automatic | a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released |
automatic rifle automatic machine rifle | light machine gun |
automatic transmission automatic drive | a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car |
autopilot automatic pilot robot pilot | a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course |
Browning automatic rifle BAR | a portable . caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine, used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War |
cash machine cash dispenser automated teller machine automatic teller machine automated teller automatic teller ATM | an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used |
computer system computing system automatic data processing system ADP system ADPS | a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage |
locking pliers | pliers that can be locked in place |
washer automatic washer washing machine | a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically |
automatic pilot autopilot | a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness, she went about her chores on automatic pilot, too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot, she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot |
systems analysis | analysis of all aspects of a project along with ways to collect information about the operation of its parts |
system program systems program systems software | a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program) that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer |
face recognition facial recognition automatic face recognition | biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces, they used face recognition to spot known terrorists |
Defense Information Systems Agency DISA | a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
systems analyst | a person skilled at systems analysis |
automatic data processing ADP | data processing by a computer |
automatic | operating with minimal human intervention, independent of external control, automatic transmission, a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts |
self-locking | locking automatically when closed |
hand-operated non-automatic | operated by hand |
automatic automatonlike machinelike robotlike robotic | resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine, an automatic `thank you', machinelike efficiency |
automatic reflex(a) reflexive | without volition or conscious control, the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light, a reflex knee jerk, sneezing is reflexive |