Self-acting

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Acting of or by itself. not-comparable

    "On this railway there were three inclined planes of the self-acting type, the full wagons pulling up the empty."

Adjective
  1. 1
    designed to activate or move or regulate itself wordnet

Synonyms

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arbitraryautomatedautomaticautomatousautonomouscybernated

Example

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"On this railway there were three inclined planes of the self-acting type, the full wagons pulling up the empty."

Etymology

From self- + acting.

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