'Self-acting' definitions:
Definition of 'self-acting'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Designed to activate or move or regulate itself; "a self- activating sprinkler system" [syn: self-acting, self- activating, self-moving, self-regulating]
Definition of 'Self-acting'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'self-acting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arbitrary,
- automated,
- automatic,
- automatous,
- autonomous,
- cybernated,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- independent,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- optional,
- proffered,
- self-active,
- self-adjusting,
- self-closing,
- self-controlled,
- self-cooking,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- self-directed,
- self-directing,
- self-dumping,
- self-governed,
- self-governing,
- self-lighting,
- self-operative,
- self-regulative,
- self-starting,
- self-winding,
- self-working,
- semiautomatic,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful