self-winding: Meaning and Definition of

self-wind•ing

Pronunciation: (self'wīn'ding), [key]
— adj.
  1. kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
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