"autofit" meaning in English

See autofit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: autofits [present, singular, third-person], autofitting [participle, present], autofitted [participle, past], autofitted [past]
Etymology: From auto- + fit. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|auto|fit}} auto- + fit Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} autofit (third-person singular simple present autofits, present participle autofitting, simple past and past participle autofitted)
  1. (transitive, computing) To fit automatically by resizing. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing

Inflected forms

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        [
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        "(transitive, computing) To fit automatically by resizing."
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