| Definitions of 'self-contained' |
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1. (adj) self-contained
constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself
"the university is like a self-contained city with shops and all amenities"
2. (adj) collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed
in full control of your faculties
"the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"
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| Definitions of 'self-contained' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (adj) self-contained
having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self
2. (adj) self-contained
having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself
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