semi-automatic
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semi-automatic
adjective semiautomatic · semi-auto · semiauto
- 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. 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.
noun semi-automatics · semiautomatic · semi-auto · semiauto
- A semi-automatic firearm, especially such a pistol. 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 Kalash
- A semi-automatic transmission.
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adj partially automatic
| Español | semiautomático |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 半自動 /半自动 bànzìdòng |
| Português | semiautomático |
| Deutsch | halb automatisch, halbautomatisch |
| Italiano | semiautomatico |
| Ελληνικά | ημιαυτόματος imiaftómatos |
| Română | semiautomat |
| Русский | полуавтомати́ческий poluavtomatíčeskij |
adj of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot
| 中文 | 半自動 /半自动 bànzìdòng |
|---|---|
| Português | semiautomático |
| Deutsch | halb automatisch, halbautomatisch |
| Italiano | semiautomatico |
| Ελληνικά | ημιαυτόματος imiaftómatos |
| Русский | самозарядный samozarjadnyj |
noun semi-automatic firearm
| Português | semiautomática |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | halb automatische Schusswaffe, halbautomatische Schusswaffe |
| Ελληνικά | ημιαυτόματο imiaftómato |
noun semi-automatic transmission
| Deutsch | Halbautomatik |
|---|
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