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

  Self-contained \Self`-con*tained"\, a.
     1. Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly
        engrossed in one's self.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Mach.) Having all the essential working parts connected


        by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc.,
        so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon
        fastening outside of the machine itself.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Self-contained steam engine}.
        (a) A steam engine having both bearings for the crank
            shaft attached to the frame of the engine.
        (b) A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened
            together; a portable steam engine.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  self-contained
       adj 1: constituting a complete and independent unit in and of
              itself; "the university is like a self-contained city
              with shops and all amenities"
       2: in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained
          collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly
          poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more
          dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong
          and self-possessed in the face of trouble" [syn: {collected},
           {equanimous}, {poised}, {self-collected}, {self-possessed}]

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

  106 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-contained":
     acquisitive, aloof, ambitious for self, autarchic, autarkic,
     autistic, autonomous, bashful, calm, careerist, close, collected,
     complete, composed, controlled, cool, detached, dissociable,
     distant, egotistical, entire, even-tempered, formal, free-spirited,
     freewheeling, grasping, grave, greedy, imperturbable, in control,
     incompatible, independent, individualistic, inner-directed,
     insociable, mopey, mopish, morose, narcissistic, neutral,
     nonaligned, nongregarious, nonpartisan, peaceful, personalistic,
     placid, possessive, privatistic, remote, reserved, reticent,
     self-absorbed, self-admiring, self-advancing, self-besot,
     self-centered, self-considerative, self-controlled, self-dependent,
     self-determined, self-devoted, self-directing, self-esteeming,
     self-governed, self-governing, self-indulgent, self-interested,
     self-jealous, self-occupied, self-pleasing, self-possessed,
     self-reliant, self-seeking, self-serving, self-subsistent,
     self-sufficient, self-supporting, selfish, serene, serious, snug,
     sober, socially incompatible, solemn, sovereign, standoffish,
     sullen, third-force, third-world, tranquil, unclubbable,
     uncommunicative, uncompanionable, uncongenial, undisturbed,
     unemotional, unflappable, unfriendly, ungenial, unitary,
     unperturbed, unruffled, unsociable, unsocial, whole, withdrawn
  
  

















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