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self-correcting

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self-cor⋅rect⋅ing

  [self-kuh-rek-ting, self-]
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–adjective
automatically adjusting to or correcting mistakes, malfunctions, etc.: a self-correcting mechanism.
Also, self-cor⋅rec⋅tive.

Origin:
1935–40

Related forms:
self-cor⋅rec⋅tion, noun
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self-cor·rect·ing   (sělf'kə-rěk'tĭng)
adj.  

  1. Correcting its or one's own mistakes.

  2. Of or being a typewriter mechanism that allows for automatic correction of a typing error.

self'-cor·rec'tive adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Financial Dictionary

self-correcting

Of, relating to, or being a security price movement that is excessive and likely to be at least partially retraced.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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