AUTOMAT'IC, AUTOMAT'ICAL, adjective 1. Belonging to an automation; having the power of moving itself; mechanical. 2. Not voluntary; not depending on the will. Dr. Hartley has demonstrated that all our motions are originally automatic and generally produced by the action of tangible things on the muscular fiber.
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