self-moving

[ self-moo-ving, self- ]

/ ˌsɛlfˈmu vɪŋ, ˈsɛlf- /

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adjective

capable of moving without an external agency.

Origin of self-moving

First recorded in 1575–85

OTHER WORDS FROM self-moving

self-movement, nounself-mover, noun

Words nearby self-moving

self-mate, self-medication, self-mortification, self-motivated, self-motivation, self-moving, self-mutilation, selfness, self-operating, self-opinion, self-opinionated

Example sentences from the Web for self-moving

If it were not so, why does one call a horseless carriage 'automobile' instead of 'self-moving carriage'?
A Fantasy of Far Japan|Baron Kencho Suyematsu
Having devised a scheme for perpetual motion he constructed several wheels which he claimed to be self-moving.
The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.]|John Phin
Machine, n. automaton (self-moving machine); mechanism; organization, system.
Putnam's Word Book|Louis A. Flemming
A self-moving car with a trolley overhead touching the singing wire!
Here and Now Story Book|Lucy Sprague Mitchell

Nature is in all its parts living, self-moving along the lines of its development, productivity and product both in one.
Edward Caldwell Moore|Edward Moore