self-acting in English

adjective
1
(of a machine or operation) acting without external influence or control; automatic.
Precision manufacture of interchangeable parts led to greater and greater division of labor and the invention of self-acting machines that could be operated by workers with less training and experience than traditional craftsmen.
adjective

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1. An automatic transfer switch (Ats) is a self-acting, intelligent power switching device governed by dedicated control logic

2. An Automatic transfer switch (ATS) is a self-acting, intelligent power switching device governed by dedicated control logic

3. 12 synonyms for Automated: automatic, mechanical, robot, mechanized, push-button, self-regulating, self-propelling, self-activating, self-moving, self-acting

4. The word "Automat" comes from the Greek Automatos, meaning "self-acting." But Automats weren’t truly Automatic

5. The word "automat" comes from the Greek automatos, meaning "self-acting." But Automats weren’t truly automatic

6. The geometry is symmetric, the claws are strengthened, flexurally rigid and a safety notch prevents the unit before self-acting release.

7. Automata – What is it? The term "Automata" is derived from the Greek word "αὐτόματα" which means "self-acting"

8. Automaton (n.) 1610s, "a self-acting machine;" 1670s, "a living being acting mechanically," from Latin Automaton (Suetonius), from noun use of Greek Automaton, neuter of automatos "self-acting," from autos "self" (see auto-) + matos "thinking, animated, willing," from PIE *mn-to-, from root *men-(1) "to think."

9. Automaton (n.) 1610s, "a self-acting machine;" 1670s, "a living being acting mechanically," from Latin automaton (Suetonius), from noun use of Greek automaton, neuter of Automatos "self-acting," from autos "self" (see auto-) + matos "thinking, animated, willing," from PIE *mn-to-, from root *men-(1) "to think."

10. He is "judged Already," and the unbelief is the judgment which the self-acting moral laws, or rather which the Logos actively at work in every human being, pronounces upon him

11. Automatic (adj.) "self-acting, moving or acting on its own," 1812 (Automatical is from 1580s; automatous from 1640s), from Greek automatos of persons "acting of one's own will;" of things "self-moving, self-acting," used of the gates of Olympus and the tripods of Hephaestus (also "without apparent cause, by accident"), from autos "self" (see auto-) + matos "thinking, animated," *men-(1) "to

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