Au'to-māt'ic or Au'to-māt'ic-al, a.
a. [Fr. automatique. See in-fra.]
Sense 1. Pertaining to, or performed by, an automaton; self-acting;—especially applied to machinery, in which certain movements commonly made by hand are made by the machine itself; as, automatic operations or improvements; the automatic feed of a lathe; an automatic dividing engine.
Sense 2. Not voluntary; not depending on the will;—applied to animal motions.
Automatic arts, such economic arts or manufactures as are carried on by self-acting machinery. Ure.