self-ventilated

adjective

That is able to, or is designed to, ventilate itself.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. That is able to, or is designed to, ventilate itself.

    A motor car is provided with two self-ventilated series-wound G.E.C. traction motors, each having a continuous rating of 80 h.p. at 575 V. 116 A. at a field strength of 66 per cent.

    1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94

Origin

From self- + ventilated.

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Translations

Spanish autoventilado
  • autoventiladoTranslations
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APA

self-ventilated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-ventilated

MLA

“self-ventilated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-ventilated. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-ventilated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-ventilated.

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