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selfsustained

selfsustained adjective: sustained by its own actions.

Adjective

selfsustained (not comparable)

  1. sustained by its own actions
    • In the high resistance state (HRS) the memresistance was in the order of MOhm leading to two independent selfsustained oscillators characterized by the different frequencies f1 and f2 and no phase relation between the oscillations.2015, M. Ignatov, M. Hansen, M. Ziegler, H. Kohlstedt, “Synchronization of two memristive coupled van der Pol oscillators”, in arXiv

Forms of selfsustained

alternative formself-sustained

Origin of selfsustained

From self- + sustained.

Questions about selfsustained

What does selfsustained mean?
Selfsustained means sustained by its own actions.
What part of speech is selfsustained?
Selfsustained is an adjective.

Words near selfsustained in the dictionary

  1. selfslaughters
  2. selfsome
  3. selfstanding
  4. selfsucker
  5. selfsuckers
  6. selfsustained
  7. selfubiquitination
  8. selfward
  9. selfwards
  10. selfwilledness
  11. selfy

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