Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of righting itself when overturned.
from The Century Dictionary.
- That rights itself when capsized: as, a self-righting life-boat.
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Examples
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Self-monitoring allows for self-regulation or what is sometimes called self-righting.
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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Self-monitoring allows for self-regulation or what is sometimes called self-righting.
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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You have two options: a water keel, which features a hollow keel designed to fill with water to add stability; or a weighted keel, which is usually filled with sand to make the decoy stable as well as self-righting.
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I'm hoping abnormal weather for everyone is temporary, and self-righting.
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There are self-righting skills that can be learned by anyone with the desire and motivation to do so.
The Chemistry of Calm M.D. Henry Emmons 2010
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They commute in 72-foot self-righting boats that can roll over 360 degrees as winter gales and sometimes hurricane-force storms blast out of the North Pacific.
Scientists look at whether climate change is causing bigger ocean waves Les Blumenthal 2010
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It sounds like a tempting challenge, but there's a catch: Domokos and Várkonyi are guessing that a self-righting polyhedron would have many thousands of sides.
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They wonder if it's possible to create a self-righting polyhedral object, which would have flat sides.
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The self-righting objects they've found have been smooth and curvy.
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So reducing the amount and hence weight of the water ballast would compromise the self-righting capability of the boat.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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