self-opening

adjective

that opens, or is designed to open automatically, or opens of its own accord.

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Meanings

adjectiveself-opening (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf an objectthat opens, or is designed to open automatically, or opens of its own accord.

    Special features enable the cars to be used as mobile classrooms; equipment includes a microphone and inter-car broadcasting equipment, self-opening doors, fluorescent lights, illuminated speedometer, carton disposal units and a folding bed which normally serves as seats on either side of a table.

    1963 January, “New in Japan: A Vista-car special”, in Modern Railways, page 44

Origin

From self- + opening.

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APA

self-opening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-opening

MLA

“self-opening.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-opening. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-opening,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-opening.

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