automático

adj. automatic, automatical

n. automatic button, snap, (British) press stud

adj. automatic, self-acting

n. snap fastener, snap

adj. automat, automatic apparatus for selling foodstuffs

n. automat, automatic apparatus for selling foodstuffs

= off-hand [offhand], automatic, mindless, electrically-operated, unthinking, knee-jerk, unmanned.
Ex: They suggest that instead of undergoing off-hand destruction, ephemera be considered a necessary part of a comprehensive archival collection.
Ex: The superintendent stated that this was an area she herself was anxious to investigate, because for all practical purposes salary increases were automatic and equal 'across-the-board'.
Ex: This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
Ex: Attention has also been given to the needs of handicapped users by the provision of electrically-operated doors, invalid toilets and computer terminals with braille keyboards.
Ex: The author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
Ex: This publication reviews works on educational reform that represent attempts to do more than merely respond in knee-jerk fashion to political pressure for reform.
Ex: The 'strategic computing' plan announced by the United States in early 1984 envisages, among others, the use of intelligent robots (for example, to serve as ammunition loaders in tanks, or in unmanned reconnaissance and manipulating devices).
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* cajero automático = automatic teller machine (ATM).
* contestador automático = answering machine.
* dispositivo de desconexión automática transcurrido un tiempo determinado = time out mechanism.
* puerta corredera automática = automatic sliding door.
* transmisión automática = automatic transmission.

Automatic

Automation

Automatic control

Full automatic control

Aparelho automático
Automatic device