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Webster 1913 Edition


Self-acting

Selfˊ-act′ing

,
Adj.
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
.

Definition 2024


self-acting

self-acting

English

Adjective

self-acting (not comparable)

  1. Acting of or by itself.

References

  • Oglivie, John. The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological. Blackie & Son. (1884).