Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Working automatically to reset itself after being sprung, as a trap.
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Examples
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"I believe that is a mobile, self-setting, full-spectrum radionics sensor," Yirunta informed her.
Glory Lane Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987
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These are styled self-setting needles, and are usually so arranged that they cannot be adjusted wrongly as to the position of the eye.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 Various
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We could also wish a little less of the endless I and Me and Mine of the Essays, and wonder if the author will never tire of her intense self-setting forth.
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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As most all engines now are using the self-setting rings, you will most likely require a new set.
Rough and Tumble Engineering James H. Maggard
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Well, if the "rings" are the trouble, a new set will most likely remedy it should they be of the automatic or self-setting pattern, but should they be of the spring or adjusting pattern, you can take out the head and set the rings out to stop this blowing.
Rough and Tumble Engineering James H. Maggard
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The pasty white compound being hauled aloft was a self-setting refractory compound with which the rocket tubes would be lined, with the solid fuel filling the center.
Space Platform Murray Leinster 1935
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After completing my self-setting sawmill I dammed one of the streams in the meadow and put the mill in operation.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876
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Therefore, I prudently decided to go down cellar, and begin work on a model of a self-setting sawmill I had invented.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876
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Indoor/outdoor thermometer from Oregon Scientific; with self-setting atomic clock for precise time
Web Advertising and Website Marketing - By Rob Scribner 2010
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Includes self-setting local time, lightening alerts, windspeed indicator, high / low and conditions icons for each day.
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