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Definitions: Self-starter |
Self-starterNoun1. An energetic person with unusual initiative. 2. An electric starting motor that automatically starts an internal-combustion engine. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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![]() | Buick Touring automobile equipped with a self-starter; June,11 1912; {03.000/15}. | ![]() | Cranking Model "T" Ford before the days of the self-starter, Worthington, Ohio.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "self-starter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 自动起动装置. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | startkontakt (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button), startknap (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button), selvstarter (starter), trykknap (button, control knob, control lever, handle, key, push button, push-button, starter button, starter push button), betjeningsknap (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | startdrukknop (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button), automatische starter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | individu entreprenant, individu audacieux, démarreur automatique (self starter), démarreur, bouton-poussoir, bouton de démarrage, bouton de commande du démarreur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Selbstanlasser (self starter), Schaltknopf (button, control button, control knob, knob, push button, selector, starter button, starter push button, switch), Druckknopf (button, control knob, press button, press stud, push button, push-button, snap, snap fastener, starter button, starter push button), Anlasserknopf (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button), Anlass-Druckknopfschalter (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button), Anlassdruckknopf (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κομβίο εκκινητή (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button), αυτόματος εκκινητής, διακόπτης μίζας (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kezdeményezőképes ember, kezdeményező ember, automatikus indító, önindító (automatic starter, automotive starter, self starter, self-starting, starter motor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pulsante per comando motorino avviamento (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button), pulsante a mano comando motore d'avviamento (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button), pulsante (button, control knob, control lever, handle, key, knob, pulsating, push button, push-button, starter button, starter push button, switch), dispositivo automatico d'avviamento, bottone di comando (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button), avviatore automatico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | セル付 (10^-2, a center, bottle cap, celery, cellophane tape, center, centering, centi-, centimeter, centre, ceremony, facility providing funeral services, good sense, Scotch tape, select, selection, selector, selenium, sensation, sensational, sensor, serenade, stopper, with a self-starter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | セルつき (with a self-starter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 자동 시동 장치. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elf-startersay botão de arranque (button, control knob, kick up, push button, starter button, starter push button). (various references) стартер (starter), самопуск; разг. инициативный человек, самопуск, автоматический завод (self starter). (various references) pulsador de puesta en marcha (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button), pulsador (button, control knob, control lever, handle, key, push button, push-button, starter button, starter push button), puesta en marcha automático, interruptor-pulsador de arranque (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button), botón de arranque (button, control knob, push button, starter button, starter push button), arrancador automático. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Self-starter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: selfstarter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-l-r-r-s-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: flatterers. | |
-2 letters: falterers, flatterer, startlers. | |
-3 letters: alertest, alterers, asserter, estreats, falterer, fearless, feasters, ferrates, flatters, fretless, fretters, rattlers, realters, reassert, reflates, relaters, reslates, restarts, restates, retastes, retreats, serrates, settlers, starlets, starters, startler, startles, stealers, sterlets, strafers, tearless, terrases, treaters, trestles. | |
-4 letters: afreets, alerter, alterer, arrests, artless, earless, easters, elaters, erasers, estates, estreat, falsest, falters. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 6C 66 2D 73 74 61 72 74 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101100 01100110 00101101 01110011 01110100 01100001 01110010 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e l f - s t a r t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 006C 0066 002D 0073 0074 0061 0072 0074 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537178721585866784867184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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