self-changingadj.
/ˌsɛlfˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/ 1. That changes as a result of internal factors or forces; that brings about change in itself.
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1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. vii. sig. K2 More beautifull then is the eye of heau'n, Guilding her selfe with her selfe-changing steau'n.
1668 Duchess of Newcastle Grounds Nat. Philos. (ed. 2) xiii. 12 Besides, as she [sc. Nature] is Self-moving, she is Self-changeing, and so she is alterable.
1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 5 A self-changing and self-developing force.
1910 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 7 92 The adaptive, self-changing, specializing nervous organism.
1944 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 49 410/1 We must view human nature as active and self-changing and not merely as undergoing changes in response to outside activities or forces.
2007 A. Vermeer in W. E. Davis & G. D. Broadhead Ecol. Task Anal. & Movement xii. 253 The mutual adaptation and cohesion between person and environment result in a dynamic and self-changing health-social system.
2. Designating a manual gearbox that changes gear automatically to a new gear preselected by the driver; preselective (cf. preselector n. 3).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [adjective] > types of cogs or gears > types of gearbox
self-changing1928
preselector1930
1928 Times 26 Sept. 11/2 It is hardly correct to call a machine so fitted a self-changing gear car.
1930 Autocar 5 Sept. 1 (advt.) The Daimler transmission system, comprising the Daimler fluid flywheel and a self-changing silent four-speed gear-box.
2008 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser (Nexis) 6 Sept. (Cars Guide section) 20 Our smart came with a self-changing manual gearbox.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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