self-correcting

or self-cor·rec·tive

[ self-kuh-rek-ting, self- ]

adjective

1. automatically adjusting to or correcting mistakes, malfunctions, etc.:

   a self-correcting mechanism.

self-correcting

adjective

1. capable of correcting itself without external aid

Other Words From

• self-cor·rection noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-correcting¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

The story of Gliese 581g highlights how hard exoplanet-hunting is, and how science at its best is self-correcting.

From The Daily Beast

At least since the last world war, most of the developed world has lived with the idea that popular suffrage is self-correcting.

From The Daily Beast

But this self-correcting motive was presently displaced by a motive of a different sort.

From Project Gutenberg

This is a system of six compound-bars self-correcting for temperature.

From Project Gutenberg

"Miss Cora Dares," Pauline continued, with a self-correcting precision.

From Project Gutenberg