semiautomatic

From semi- +‎ automatic.

semiautomatic (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of semi-automatic.
   • 2007 September 24, “An Opportunity for Mr. Schwarzenegger”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The measure would make California the first state to require that all new semiautomatic weapons be equipped with technology known as microstamping, which imprints microscopic markings as a gun fires.

semiautomatic (plural semiautomatics)

1. Alternative spelling of semi-automatic.
   • 1999 February 7, Jodi Wilgoren, “Fatal Police Barrage Renews Debate Over Safety of Semiautomatics”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Experts say that there is no clear link between semiautomatics and the number of shootings by the police, and that officers are likely to get higher-powered weapons rather than go back to traditional handguns.

• semiautomatic, semi-automatic at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Borrowed from French semi-automatique. By surface analysis, semi- +‎ automatic.

semiautomatic m or n (feminine singular semiautomatică, masculine plural semiautomatici, feminine and neuter plural semiautomatice)

1. semi-automatic