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self-acting |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Self-acting \Self`-act"ing\, a. Acting of or by one's self or by itself -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: self-acting adj : designed to activate or move or regulate itself "a self-activating sprinkler system" [syn: {self-activating}, {self-moving}, {self-regulating}]
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