autokinetic

Meaning

Adjective

  • 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.

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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