semiautomatic

[sem-ee-aw-tuh-mat-ik, sem-ahy-]

sem·i·au·to·mat·ic

[sem-ee-aw-tuh-mat-ik, sem-ahy-]
adjective
1.
partly automatic.
2.
(of a firearm) automatically ejecting the cartridge case of a fired shot and loading the next cartridge from the magazine but requiring a squeeze of the trigger to fire each individual shot.
noun
3.
a self-loading rifle or other firearm.

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Semiautomatic has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.

Origin:
1890–95; semi- + automatic

sem·i·au·to·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
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semiautomatic (ˌsɛmɪˌɔːtəˈmætɪk)
 
adj
1.  partly automatic
2.  Compare automatic (of a firearm) self-loading but firing only one shot at each pull of the trigger
 
n
3.  a semiautomatic firearm
 
semiauto'matically
 
adv

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