Definition for AU-TO-MAT'IC, or AU-TO-MAT'IC-AL

AU-TO-MAT'IC, or AU-TO-MAT'IC-AL, a.

  1. Belonging to an automaton; having the power of moving itself; mechanical. – Johnson. Stewart.
  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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