semi-automatic
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Definitions
noun
- A semi-automatic firearm, especially such a pistol.
- A semi-automatic transmission
adjective
- Partially automatic.
- Of a firearm that automatically ejects a shell and loads the next one, but requires the trigger to be squeezed for each shot; autoloading.
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self-loadingsemijacketedsemifunctionalsemi-completesemiselectivesemiclosedsemiopaquesemianalyticalsemiarticulatedsemicursivesemiregulatedsubdichotomoussemiseparatesemicentralizedsemicompactsemicomplicated