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Muzzle-loader and Automatic

(n.) A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech.

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adjective

  • Operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control.
    • usage: "automatic transmission"; "a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts"
  • Resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine.
    • usage: "an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency"
  • Without volition or conscious control.
    • usage: "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"
(a.) Alternative of Automatical.