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self-winding
[ self-wahyn-ding ]
adjective
- 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.
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of self-winding1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
The young inventors put two and two together and created a ball that uses technology similar to a self-winding watch.
From The Daily Beast
"It must be one of those self-winding stock farms," put in the School-master, scornfully.
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