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self-acting en · ADJ

Etymology

From self- + acting.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Acting of or by itself.
    • On this railway there were three inclined planes of the self-acting type, the full wagons pulling up the empty. 1947 May and June, “Notes and News: The Fordell Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 188:
    • The door is fitted with a powerful spring and a feather-touch self-acting lock. It cannot be left unlocked unless you deliberately prop it open. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados: