Self-acting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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