Autokinesis
‖Au′to‐ki‐ne″sis (?), n. [NL.; auto- + Gr. � motion.] (Physiol.) Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Autokinetic
Au′to‐ki‐net″ic (?), a. [Auto- + kinetic.] Self-moving; moving automatically.
Autokinetic system
Autokinetic system. In fire-alarm telegraphy, a system so arranged that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted unti...
Autolatry
Au‐tol″a‐try (�), n. [Auto- + Gr. � worship.] Self-worship. Farrar.
Automath
Au″to‐math (�), n. One who is self-taught. Young.
Automatic
{ Au′to‐mat″ic (�), Au′to‐mat″ic‐al (�), } a. [Cf. F. automatique. See Automaton.] 1. Having an inherent power of action or motion.Nothing can be said to be automatic.Sir H. Dav...
Automatically
Au′to‐mat″ic‐al‐ly, adv. In an automatic manner.
Automatism
Au‐tom″a‐tism (�), n. The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of m...
Automaton
Au‐tom″a‐ton (�), n.; pl. L. Automata (�), E. Automatons (�). [L. fr. Gr. �, neut. of � self-moving; � self + a root ma, man, to strive, think, cf. � to strive. See Mean, v. i.]...
Automatous
Au‐tom″a‐tous (�), a. [L. automatus, Gr. �. See Automaton.] Automatic. “Automatous organs.” Sir T. Browne.
Automixte system
Au′to‐mixte″ system (?). (Mach.) A system (devised by Henri Pieper, a Belgian) of driving automobiles employing a gasoline engine and an auxiliary reversible dynamo. When there ...
Automobile
Au′to‐mo″bile (?), n. An automobile vehicle or mechanism; esp., a self-propelled vehicle suitable for use on a street or roadway. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal c...
Automobilism
Au′to‐mo″bil‐ism (?), n. The use of automobiles, or the practices, methods, or the like, of those who use them. — Au′to‐mo″bil‐ist, n.
Automorphic
Au′to‐mor″phic (�), a. [Auto- + Gr. � for, shape.] Patterned after one's self.The conception which any one frames of another's mind is more or less after the pattern of his own ...
Automorphism
Au′to‐mor″phism (�), n. Automorphic characterization. H. Spenser.
Autonomasy
Au′to‐nom″a‐sy (�), n. [Auto- + Gr. � a name, fr. � a name; or for E. antonomasia.] (Rhet.) The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thi...
Autonomic
Au′to‐nom″ic (�), a. Having the power of self-government; autonomous. Hickok.
Autonomist
Au″ton″o‐mist (�), n. [Cf. F. automiste. See Autonomy.] One who advocates autonomy.
Autonomous
Au‐ton″o‐mous (�), a. 1. Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.2. (Biol.) Having independent existence or laws.
Autonomy
Au‐ton″o‐my (�), n. [Gr. �: cf. F. autonomie. See Autonomous.] 1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.2. (Met...
Autopathic
Au′to‐path″ic (?), a. [See Auto-, and Pathic, a.] (Med.) Dependent upon, or due or relating to, the structure and characteristics of the diseased organism; endopathic; as, an au...
Autophagi
‖Au‐toph″a‐gi (�), n. pl.(Zoöl.) Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.
Autophagy
Au‐toph″a‐gy (?), n.(Med.) The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutrition by consumption of one's own tissues.
Autophoby
Au‐toph″o‐by (�), n. [Auto- + Gr. � fear.] Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical. Hare.
Autophony
Au‐toph″o‐ny (�), n. [Auto- + Gr. � a sound.] (Med.) An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head cl...
Autoplastic
Au′to‐plas″tic (�), a. Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
Autoplasty
Au″to‐plas′ty (�), n. [Auto- + -plasty.] (Surg.) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the def...