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Definition of Self-propelled

1. Adjective. Containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement. "A self-propelled vehicle"

2. Adjective. Moved forward by its own force or momentum. "The arms program is now self-propelled"

Definition of Self-propelled

1. Adjective. Having its own means of propulsion that moves with it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-propelled

self-pollutes self-polluting self-portrait self-portraits self-posited self-positing self-possessed self-possession self-praise self-preservation

self-pride self-proclaimed self-produced self-promotion self-propelled (current term) self-propelled vehicle self-propelling self-protection self-publishing self-punishment

self-raising self-raising flour self-realisation self-realization self-redress self-reference self-referent self-referential self-referential meaning

Literary usage of Self-propelled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Belt Conveyors and Belt Elevators by Frederic Valerius Hetzel (1922)
"self-propelled Trippers.—William B. Reaney (see p. 8) designed the first self-propelled tripper in 1876. It was like Fig. 154 in having the pulleys ..."

2. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"11 Elec Ry J 41:158-9 Ja 25 '13 Narrow-gate self-propelled passenger coach. S. Petman. il Sei Am 108:338 Ар 12 '13 Operating costs of self-propelled cars. ..."

3. The Electric Railway by Alonzo Morris Buck (1915)
"CHAPTER X self-propelled CARS Field of Self-Propelled Cars. ... It is for this reason that the various self-propelled cars have been developed. ..."

4. The Technical World Magazine (1910)
"These batteries are expected to revolutionize every form of self-propelled vehicle and craft. what it could not do. It was bulky, it was heavy, it was weak, ..."

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