"free-running" meaning in All languages combined

See free-running on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: freer running [comparative], freest running [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|freer running|sup=freest running}} free-running (comparative freer running, superlative freest running)
  1. (of a mechanism) Moving freely and smoothly.
    Sense id: en-free-running-en-adj-rw~DuKrp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1961 November, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 684:",
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