noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of repairing itself. countable, uncountable

   "A self-diagnosis circuit that can be used for built-in self-repair is proposed."

2. 2
   A speaker's spontaneous, unprompted correction of their own mistake. countable, uncountable

Example

More examples

"A self-diagnosis circuit that can be used for built-in self-repair is proposed."

Etymology

From self- + repair.

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