semiautomatic

semiautomatic
adjective Date: 1853 not fully automatic: as a. operated partly automatically and partly by hand b. of a firearm able to fire repeatedly but requiring release and another pressure of the trigger for each successive shot • semiautomatic nounsemiautomatically adverb

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  • semiautomatic — [sem΄ēôt΄ə mat′ik] adj. 1. partly automatic and partly hand controlled: said of machinery 2. Firearms using the force of the explosion of a shell to eject and reload cartridges, as in an automatic, but requiring a trigger pull for each round… …   English World dictionary

  • semiautomatic — I noun a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously • Syn: ↑semiautomatic pistol • Hypernyms: ↑pistol, ↑handgun, ↑side arm, ↑shooting iron, ↑semiautomatic firea …   Useful english dictionary

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  • semiautomatic — sem•i•au•to•mat•ic [[t]ˌsɛm iˌɔ təˈmæt ɪk, ˌsɛm aɪ [/t]] adj. 1) partly automatic 2) mil (of a firearm) automatically ejecting the spent cartridge case and loading the next cartridge but requiring a squeeze of the trigger to fire each shot 3) mil …   From formal English to slang

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  • semiautomatic firearm — noun an autoloader that fires only one shot at each pull of the trigger • Hypernyms: ↑autoloader, ↑self loader • Hyponyms: ↑Garand rifle, ↑Garand, ↑M 1, ↑M 1 rifle, ↑semiautomatic pistol, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Semiautomatic switching system — In telecommunication, the term semiautomatic switching system has the following meanings: 1. In telephone systems, a switching system in which telephone operators receive call instructions orally from users and complete them by automatic… …   Wikipedia

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