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Self-winding

Definition: Self-winding

Self-winding

Adjective

1. Designed so that manual winding is unnecessary; "a self-winding watch".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Self-winding

Synonyms by domain: automatic watch (european union, industry), self-winding mechanism (industry), self-winding watch (european union, industry).

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Modern Usage: Self-winding

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Movie/TV Titles

A Self-Winding Side-Winder (1973)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Self-winding

Language Translations for "self-winding"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vetëkurdisës. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

който се навива автоматически. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

自动上发条. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

itsestään virittyvä. (various references)

   

German

  

automatik-. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αυτοκουρδιζόμενοσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

automatikus csévélés. (various references)

   

Italian

  

carica automatica. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

自動巻き (self-winding watch). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

じどうまき (self-winding watch). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elf-windingsay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

de corda automática. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

с автоматическим заводом. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

koji se sam navija. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

de cuerda automática. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

självuppdragande. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

otomatik (automatic, robot, self acting, servo-), kendiliğinden kurulan. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

з автоматичним заведенням. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tự lên dây cót. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Self-winding

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-f-g-i-i-l-n-n-s-w"

-2 letters: swindling, windlings.

-3 letters: defiling, defining, enisling, ensiling, fielding, findings, flensing, indigens, infidels, infields, sideling, sinewing, swingled, widening, wielding, wildings, windings, windling.

-4 letters: dingies, dingles, dwining, eliding, endings, engilds, enwinds, fending, filings, finding, finings, indigen, infidel, infield, insigne, inwinds, lending, lensing, lignins, lindens, lindies, linings, seining, selfing, sending, sidling, singled, slewing, sliding, swindle, swinged.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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