Autocrator Au·toc"ra·tor noun [ Greek ....]
An autocrat. [ Archaic]
Autocratorical Au`to·cra·tor"ic·al adjective Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Pearson.
Autocratrix Au·toc"ra·trix noun [ New Latin ]
A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of Russia.
Autocratship Au"to·crat·ship noun The office or dignity of an autocrat.
Autodidact Au"to·di·dact` noun [ Greek ... self- taught.]
One who is self-taught; an automath.
Autodynamic Au`to·dy·nam"ic adjective [
Auto- +
dynamic .]
Supplying its own power; -- applied to an instrument of the nature of a water-ram.
Autodynamic Au`to·dy·nam"ic adjective [
Auto- +
dynamic .]
Supplying its own power, as a hydraulic ram.
Autofecundation Au`to·fec`un·da"tion noun [
Auto- +
fecundation .]
(Biol.) Self-impregnation. Darwin.
Autogamous Au·tog"a·mous adjective (Botany) Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized.
Autogamy Au·tog"a·my noun [
Auto- + Greek ... marriage.]
(Botany) Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
Autogeneal Au`to·ge"ne·al adjective Self-produced; autogenous.
Autogenesis Au`to·gen"e·sis noun [
Auto- +
genesis .]
(Biol.) Spontaneous generation.
Autogenetic Au`to·ge·net"ic adjective (Biol.) Relating to autogenesis; self-generated.
Autogenetic Au`to·ge·net"ic adjective (Physics Geology) Pertaining to, controlled by, or designating, a system of self- determined drainage.
Autogenetic drainage Autogenetic drainage (Physics Geology) A system of natural drainage developed by the constituent streams through headwater erosion.
Autogenetic topography Autogenetic topography (Physics Geology) A system of land forms produced by the free action of rain and streams on rocks of uniform texture.
Autogenous Au·tog"e·nous adjective [ Greek ...; ... self + root of ... to be born.]
1. (Biol.) Self- generated; produced independently. 2. (Anat.) Developed from an independent center of ossification. Owen. Autogenous soldering ,
the junction by fusion of the joining edges of metals without the intervention of solder.
Autogenous Au·tog"e·nous adjective Autogenetic.
Autogenously Au·tog"e·nous·ly adverb In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.
Autograph Au"to·graph noun [ French
autographe , from Greek ... autographic; ... self + ... to write.]
That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.
Autograph Au"to·graph adjective In one's own handwriting; as, an autograph letter; an autograph will.
Autographal Au·tog"ra·phal adjective Autographic. [ Obsolete]
Autographic, Autographical Au`to·graph"ic, Au`to·graph"ic·al adjective 1. Pertaining to an autograph, or one's own handwriting; of the nature of an autograph. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, the process of autography; as, autographic ink, paper, or press.
Autography Au·tog"ra·phy noun [ Confer French
autographie .]
1. The science of autographs; a person's own handwriting; an autograph. 2. A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone. Ure.
Autoharp Au"to·harp noun [
Auto- +
harp .]
A zitherlike musical instrument, provided with dampers which, when depressed, deaden some strings, leaving free others that form a chord.
Autohypnotic Au`to·hyp·not"ic adjective Pert. to autohypnotism; self-hypnotizing. --
noun An autohypnotic person.
Autohypnotism Au`to·hyp"no·tism noun [
Auto- +
hypnotism .]
Hypnotism of one's self by concentration of the attention on some object or idea.
Autokinesis Au`to·ki·ne"sis noun [ New Latin ;
auto- + Greek ... motion.]
(Physiol.) Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.
Autokinetic Au`to·ki·net"ic adjective [
Auto- +
kinetic .]
Self-moving; moving automatically.
Autokinetic system Autokinetic system In fire-alarm telegraphy, a system so arranged that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.
Autolatry Au·tol"a·try noun [
Auto- + Greek ... worship.]
Self-worship. Farrar.
Automath Au"to·math noun [ Greek ...; ... self + ..., ..., to learn.]
One who is self-taught. [ R.]
Young.
Automatic, Automatical Au`to·mat"ic, Au`to·mat"ic·al adjective [ Confer French
automatique . See
Automaton .]
1. Having an inherent power of action or motion. Nothing can be said to be automatic .
Sir H. Davy.
2. Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse. 3. Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; as, automatic movements or functions. Unconscious or automatic reasoning.
H. Spenser.
Automatic arts ,
such economic arts or manufacture as are carried on by self-acting machinery. Ure.
Automatically Au`to·mat"ic·al·ly adverb In an automatic manner.
Automatism Au·tom"a·tism noun The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.
Automaton Au·tom"a·ton noun ;
plural Latin
Automata English
Automatons [ Latin from Greek ..., neut. of ... self-moving; ... self + a root
ma ,
man , to strive, think, confer ... to strive. See
Mean ,
intransitive verb ]
1. Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action. Huxley. So great and admirable an automaton as the world.
Boyle.
These living automata , human bodies.
Boyle.
2. A self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc.
Automatous Au·tom"a·tous adjective [ Latin
automatus , Greek .... See
Automaton .]
Automatic. [ Obsolete] "
Automatous organs."
Sir T. Browne.
Automixte system Au`to·mixte" system (Machinery) A system (devised by Henri Pieper, a Belgian) of driving automobiles employing a gasoline engine and an auxiliary reversible dynamo. When there is an excess of power the dynamo is driven by the engine so as to charge a small storage battery; when there is a deficiency of power the dynamo reverses and acts as an auxiliary motor. Sometimes called Pieper system . -- Automixte car , etc.
Automobile Au`to·mo"bile noun [ French]
An automobile vehicle or mechanism; esp., a self-propelled vehicle suitable for use on a street or roadway. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from about 4 to 50 H. P. for ordinary vehicles, ranging from the run- about to the touring car, up to as high as 200 H. P. for specially built racing cars. Automobiles are also commonly, and generally in British usage, called motor cars .
Automobilism Au`to·mo"bil·ism noun The use of automobiles, or the practices, methods, or the like, of those who use them. --
Au`to*mo"bil*ist ,
noun
Automorphic Au`to·mor"phic adjective [
Auto- + Greek ... for, shape.]
Patterned after one's self. The conception which any one frames of another's mind is more or less after the pattern of his own mind, -- is automorphic .
H. Spenser.
Automorphism Au`to·mor"phism noun Automorphic characterization. H. Spenser.
Autonomasy Au`to·nom"a·sy noun [
Auto- + Greek ... a name, from ... a name; or for English
antonomasia .]
(Rhet.) The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, "He has gone to town ," for, "He has gone to London ."
Autonomic Au`to·nom"ic adjective Having the power of self-government; autonomous. Hickok.
Autonomist Au"ton"o·mist noun [ Confer French
automiste . See
Autonomy .]
One who advocates autonomy.
Autonomous Au·ton"o·mous adjective [ Greek ...; ... self + ... to assign, hold, sway.]
1. Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government. 2. (Biol.) Having independent existence or laws.
Autonomy Au·ton"o·my noun [ Greek ...: confer French
autonomie . See
Autonomous .]
1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state. 2. (Metaph.) The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty. Fleming.
Autopathic Au`to·path"ic adjective [ See
Auto- , and
Pathic ,
adjective ]
(Medicine) Dependent upon, or due or relating to, the structure and characteristics of the diseased organism; endopathic; as, an autopathic disease; an autopathic theory of diseases.
Autophagi Au·toph"a·gi noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... self + ... to eat.]
(Zoology) Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.
Autophagy Au·toph"a·gy noun [ Greek ... self + ... to eat.]
(Medicine) The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutrition by consumption of one's own tissues.
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