Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Self-moving; moving automatically.
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- adjective That appears to
move by itself
Etymologies
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auto- + kinetic
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Examples
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n. - voluntary or automatic movement. autokinetic, adj. autological adj. - self-descriptive, or being a word that exemplifies what it means, e.g. "english" is english, "polysyllabic" is polysyllabic adj. - formed after its or one's own pattern. automorphism,
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