Difference between Automatic and Semiautomatic

AUTOMATIC vs SEMIAUTOMATIC: NOUN

A pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
A car with automatic transmission.
An automatic machine or device.
An automatic firearm.
A semiautomatic firearm.
A transmission or a motor vehicle with an automatic gear-shifting mechanism.
One who is subject to automatism.
Light machine gun

A semiautomatic firearm.
A pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously

Like the unthinking functioning of a machine
Without volition or conscious control
Operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
Acting or operating in a manner essentially independent of external influence or control.
Self-regulating.
Acting or done without volition or conscious control; involuntary.
Acting or done as if by machine; mechanical.
Capable of firing continuously until ammunition is exhausted or the trigger is released.
Semiautomatic.
Having an inherent power of action or motion.
Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; operating with minimal human intervention; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; The opposite of manual.
Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control. The opposite of voluntary.
Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.

Alternative spelling of semi-automatic.
Ejecting a shell and loading the next round of ammunition automatically, but requiring a squeeze of the trigger for each shot. Used of a firearm.
(of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously
Partially automatic

Independent of external control
Acting as an automaton.
Conducted or carried on by self-acting machinery.
In physiology: Not voluntary; not under the control of, or not effected by, volition: said of certain muscular actions.
Not reflex: said, for example, of certain activities of ganglion-cells.
(idiom) (on automatic) Functioning by or as if by automatic machine or device.

Machine controlled, Machine rifle, Automatonlike, Machine driven, Robotlike, Machinelike, Mechanical, Involuntary, Automatic pistol, Reflex, Automatic rifle, Reflexive, Autoloading, Semiautomatic, Automated

Chambered, Machine pistol, Ballistic, Munition, Switchblade, Antitank, Muzzleloading, Concealable, Submachine, Millimeter, Handgun, Self loading, Automatic, Autoloading, Semiautomatic pistol

Self acting, Machine driven, Machine controlled, Automatonlike, Robotlike, Machinelike, Mechanical, Involuntary, Automatic pistol, Reflex, Automatic rifle, Reflexive, Autoloading, Semiautomatic, Automated

Chambered, Machine pistol, Ballistic, Munition, Switchblade, Antitank, Muzzleloading, Concealable, Submachine, Millimeter, Handgun, Self loading, Automatic, Autoloading, Semiautomatic pistol

The note indenture provided an automatic event of default and automatic acceleration of amounts owing r the notes upon a bankruptcy filing.
Intelligent use of automatic techniques can allow human resources to be directed to metadata creation and evaluation activities that automatic processing cannot adequately complete.
In automatic manual vs automatic treadmill incline, the angle inclination can be adjusted at the push of the button.
While automatic car starters on manual vehicles are more complicated than with automatic vehicles, it is still possible to have one installed.
Automatic Scaling many problems, Even when Automatic Scaling is in solution.
Calgonite automatic dishwasher detergent showed a woman inside an automatic dishwasher.
Some other features it includes are automatic cataloging, automatic metadata capture, optical character recognition, version control, tracking and barcode reading.
Automatic control valves and automatic controllers need not be from the same manufacturer.
Enforce a good password policy, disable automatic login, and enable automatic lock.
Turn both automatic sync settings OFF to prevent automatic invoice syncing.

Sighting and stock weld do not change during rapid semiautomatic fire.
RESTRICTION ON MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.
Vehicle equipped with semiautomatic transmission: Manual shifting but no clutch.
These accessories increase the rate of fire for semiautomatic weapons.
Several problems may occur when using the semiautomatic application method.
Operated semiautomatic Miller Deltaweld MIG welder and wire feeder.
Semiautomatic Firearm Capable of Accepting a Large Capacity Magazine.
Cable locks are used primarily in semiautomatic handguns.
Note: adjustment may be automatic, semiautomatic or manual.
Semiautomatic segmentation of liver metastases volumetric CT images.