semi-automatic

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Etymology

From semi- +‎ automatic.

Adjective

semi-automatic (not comparable)

  1. Partially automatic.
  2. Of a firearm that automatically ejects a shell and loads the next one, but requires the trigger to be squeezed for each shot; autoloading.
    Coordinate term: fully-automatic
    • 2008 September 17, “Bill in House forces capital to relax gun restrictions”, in The New York Times‎:
      The pro-gun majority in the House of Representatives moved Wednesday to compel the nation's capital to broaden the rights of its residents to buy and own firearms, including semi-automatic weapons.

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Noun

semi-automatic (plural semi-automatics)

  1. (weaponry) A semi-automatic firearm, especially such a pistol.
    • 1989 February 8, Robert Reinhold, “LOS ANGELES BANS RAPID-FIRING GUNS”, in The New York Times‎:
      The Los Angeles ordinance covers semi-automatics with a detachable magazine of 20 rounds or more. As examples, it cited such weapons as the AR 15 assault rifles, Uzi assault rifles and carbines, Ingram Mac-10 and Mac-11 assault carbines, AK-47 assault rifles, Thompson carbines and all Avtomat Kalashnikov weapons.
  2. (automotive) A semi-automatic transmission.

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