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Autokinetic
Meaning
Adj
●
Moving by itself or automatically.
●
Of a fire-alarm
telegraphy
system,
arranged
so 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.
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Origin
autokinetic
English
auto-
English
αὐτo-
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
αὐτός
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
kinetic
English
κινητικός
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
κινέω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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