What is the meaning of Self-acting?

(a.) Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press.
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APAWebster's. (2011). self-acting. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/self-acting/definitions/2059910
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MLAWebster's. "self-acting" 28 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/self-acting/definitions/2059910>
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