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Webster 1913 Edition
Self-contained
Selfˊ-con-tained′
,Adj.
1.
Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one’s self.
2.
(Mach.)
Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself.
Self-contained steam engine
. (a)
A steam engine having both bearings for the crank shaft attached to the frame of the engine
. (b)
A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened together; a portable steam engine.