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Self-acting

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.

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Automatic 84% connected

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oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Self-moving 92% connected

Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Action noun · 78% connection

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body a…

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Attachment noun · 78% connection

Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…

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Automatical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; --…

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Automatism noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as…

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Brake verb · 78% connection

A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against…

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Causal mechanism phrase · 78% connection

The steps that explain how a cause leads to an effect.

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Coagency noun · 78% connection

Agency in common; joint agency or agent.

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Counterbalance noun · 78% connection

A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing another

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Cynical adjective · 78% connection

Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which ar…

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Deed verb · 78% connection

That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including,…

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Deportment noun · 78% connection

Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage; especially, manner of acting with respect to the cou…

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Egotism noun · 78% connection

The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; th…

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Envelop noun · 78% connection

A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphor…

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Fact noun · 78% connection

The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the…

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Feed noun · 78% connection

The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion.

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Human adjective · 78% connection

Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human v…

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Immediate adjective · 78% connection

Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency; acting, perceiv…

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Ingenious adjective · 78% connection

Proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious…

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