Dictionary

automaticity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɔːtəʊməˈtɪsɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *autós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón) Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Hellenic *mətós Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos) Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)der. Classical Latin automatum New Latin automaticusbor. English automatic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English automaticity From automatic + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) 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. 2006, Lord Stevenson of Coddenham, Select Committee on Public Administration Minutes of Evidence:
   • 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. 2011, Government response to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s Report on the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill:

Forms

Translations (2)

pl automatyczność (the ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required) · es automaticidad (the ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required)