self-propelled

adj

Etymology

From self- + propelled.

Definitions

  1. Having its own means of propulsion that moves with it.

    • Of particular note were two self-propelled fire-fighting vehicles, adapted from Drewry railcars, enabling a rapid response to a fire anywhere on the extensive site.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at self-propelled. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at self-propelled. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at self-propelled

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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