self-acting
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of self-acting
First recorded in 1670–80
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Its new rule said bump stocks were illegal machine guns because they function as “a self-acting or self-regulating mechanism that allows the firing of multiple rounds through a single function of the trigger.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
It said the bump stock device functions as “a self-acting or self-regulating mechanism that allows the firing of multiple rounds through a single pull of the trigger.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
These rests may be operated singly or simultaneously, and by hand or by a self-acting motion provided as follows:—A screw running parallel to the cone spindle is driven by suitable gearing from the cone spindle.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
One of the most important inventions in connexion with the hosiery trade was the latch, tumbler, or self-acting needle invented by Matthew Townsend and David Moulding of Leicester in 1858.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
The self-acting feed for the drill spindle is actuated by an eccentric on that spindle operating an arm, having a pawl engaging with the ratchet wheel on the lower end of the vertical feed spindle.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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