self-moving

[ self-moo-ving, self- ]

adjective

1. capable of moving without an external agency.

Other Words From

• self-movement noun
• self-mover noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-moving¹

First recorded in 1575–85

Example Sentences

If it were not so, why does one call a horseless carriage 'automobile' instead of 'self-moving carriage'?

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His water-clock, self-moving vehicle, and mill, were the wonder of the village; the latter propelled by a living mouse.

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It was also for Plato the self-moving and the cause of all motion.

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The world consists of a finite number of atoms, which have in their own nature a self-moving force or principle.

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But if this be true, must not the soul be the self-moving, and therefore of necessity unbegotten and immortal?

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Related Words

• automated
• electric
• electronic
• mechanical