"autokinetic" meaning in English

See autokinetic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From auto- + kinetic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|auto|kinetic}} auto- + kinetic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} autokinetic (not comparable)
  1. Moving by itself or automatically (especially of a fixed object, illusorily, when stared at); relating to autokinesis. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-autokinetic-en-adj-QXInCsP9
  2. (historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of. Tags: historical, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-autokinetic-en-adj-~E-uKfvg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with auto-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with auto-: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autokinetic effect
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      ]
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        "(historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of."
      ],
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        "Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of."
      ],
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          "fire",
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        ]
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      ],
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        "historical",
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