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self-contained

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self-con⋅tained

  [self-kuhn-teynd, self-]
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–adjective
1. containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
2. reserved or uncommunicative.
3. self-controlled or self-possessed.
4. (of a machine or mechanism) complete in itself.
Origin:
1585–95

Related forms:
self-con⋅tain⋅ed⋅ly  [self-kuhn-tey-nid-lee, self-] , adverb
self-con⋅tain⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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self-con·tained   (sělf'kən-tānd')
adj.  

  1. Constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself: A self-contained dictionary defines every word contained within it.

    1. Not dependent on others; self-sufficient: a self-contained settlement in the Arctic.

    2. Keeping to oneself; reserved.

self'-con·tain'ment n.
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