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automaticity

noun
/ˌɔːtəʊməˈtɪsɪti/UK

Etymology

From automatic + -ity.

  1. derived from αὐτόματον
  2. derived from automatum — “automaton”
  3. borrowed from automaticus
  4. formed as automaticity — “automatic + -ity”

Definitions

  1. The ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required.

  2. The ability of the heart muscles to contract independently of each other when separated…

    The ability of the heart muscles to contract independently of each other when separated or in unison when reattached in whole or in groups.

  3. The process of one thing automatically following another.

    • No, donations and loans absolutely are not a means, with any automaticity, of getting a peerage, but they are not a bar to getting a peerage, and to some extent that is what we exist for.
    • The Committee's proposal for automatic registration would represent a significant shift away from the present system of elector-led application and voluntary registration, to a system of automaticity with an opt out.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for automaticity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA