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autokinetic

autokinetic adjective: moving by itself or automatically (especially of a fixed object, illusorily, when stared at); relating to autokinesis.

Adjective

autokinetic (not comparable)

  1. Moving by itself or automatically (especially of a fixed object, illusorily, when stared at); relating to autokinesis.
  2. (historical) 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.

Origin of autokinetic

From auto- + kinetic.

Words formed from autokinetic

Phrases with autokinetic

Questions about autokinetic

What does autokinetic mean?
Autokinetic means moving by itself or automatically (especially of a fixed object, illusorily, when stared at); relating to autokinesis.
What part of speech is autokinetic?
Autokinetic is an adjective.

Words near autokinetic in the dictionary

  1. autokills
  2. autokinase
  3. autokinases
  4. autokinesis
  5. autokinesy
  6. autokinetic
  7. autokinetic effect
  8. autokinetic effects
  9. autokinetical
  10. autokoenonous
  11. autokrator

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