autoloading

[ aw-toh-loh-ding ]
/ ˌɔ toʊˈloʊ dɪŋ /

adjective

semiautomatic(def 2).

Origin of autoloading

First recorded in 1920–25; auto-3 + load + -ing2

Words nearby autoloading

autokinetic, autokinetic effect, autokinetic phenomenon, autolithography, autoloader, autoloading, autologous, autologous graft, autolycus, autolysate, autolyse

Example sentences from the Web for autoloading

  • The autoloading gun is reloaded and cocked again wholly by its own recoil.

    Our Vanishing Wild Life |William T. Hornaday

  • The other Southron, the one in blue with the autoloading rifle, came out and advanced slowly, his weapon at the ready.

    The Keeper |Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for autoloading

autoloading
/ (ˈɔːtəʊˌləʊdɪŋ) /

adjective

self-loading