self-winding

[ self-wahyn-ding ]

adjective(of a timepiece)

kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.

Origin of self-winding

First recorded in 1880–85

Words Nearby self-winding

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How to use self-winding in a sentence

The young inventors put two and two together and created a ball that uses technology similar to a self-winding watch.
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"It must be one of those self-winding stock farms," put in the School-master, scornfully.
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British Dictionary definitions for self-winding

self-winding

adjective

(of a wrist watch) having a mechanism, activated by the movements of the wearer, in which a rotating or oscillating weight rewinds the mainspring

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