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self-contained
(encz) | self-contained,soběstačný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Self-contained
(gcide) | Self-contained \Self`-con*tained"\, a.
1. Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly
engrossed in one's self.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mach.) Having all the essential working parts connected
by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc.,
so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon
fastening outside of the machine itself.
[1913 Webster]
Self-contained steam engine.
(a) A steam engine having both bearings for the crank
shaft attached to the frame of the engine.
(b) A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened
together; a portable steam engine.
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self-contained
(wn) | self-contained
adj 1: constituting a complete and independent unit in and of
itself; "the university is like a self-contained city
with shops and all amenities"
2: in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained
collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly
poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more
dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and
self-possessed in the face of trouble" [syn: collected,
equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained,
self-possessed] |
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self-contained
(encz) | self-contained,soběstačný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Self-contained steam engine
(gcide) | Self-contained \Self`-con*tained"\, a.
1. Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly
engrossed in one's self.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mach.) Having all the essential working parts connected
by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc.,
so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon
fastening outside of the machine itself.
[1913 Webster]
Self-contained steam engine.
(a) A steam engine having both bearings for the crank
shaft attached to the frame of the engine.
(b) A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened
together; a portable steam engine.
[1913 Webster] |
Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
(gcide) | Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus \Self`-con*tained"
Underwater Breathing Apparatus\, n.
A portable device to allow divers to breathe while under
water, consisting of one or two tanks of compressed air which
are strapped onto the back of the diver, and are connected by
tubing to a mouthpiece through which the diver receives the
air from the tanks at rate adjustable by a valve; -- called
also SCUBA, SCUBA gear, or SCUBA apparatus.
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self-contained
(wn) | self-contained
adj 1: constituting a complete and independent unit in and of
itself; "the university is like a self-contained city
with shops and all amenities"
2: in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained
collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly
poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more
dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and
self-possessed in the face of trouble" [syn: collected,
equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained,
self-possessed] |
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