self-acting

3 definitions found

self-acting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

self-acting - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  self-acting
      adj 1: designed to activate or move or regulate itself; "a self-
             activating sprinkler system" [syn: self-acting, self-  activating
             , self-moving, self-regulating]

self-acting - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-acting":
     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