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autokinetic

adj

Etymology

From auto- + kinetic.

  1. derived from κινητικός
  2. prefixed as autokinetic — “auto + kinetic”

Definitions

  1. Moving by itself or automatically (especially of a fixed object, illusorily, when stared…

    Moving by itself or automatically (especially of a fixed object, illusorily, when stared at); relating to autokinesis.

  2. Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted,…

    Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for autokinetic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA