SELF-PROPELLED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-propelled mean? 

• SELF-PROPELLED (adjective)
  The adjective SELF-PROPELLED has 2 senses:

1. containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement

2. moved forward by its own force or momentum

  Familiarity information: SELF-PROPELLED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-PROPELLED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement

Synonyms:

automotive; self-propelled; self-propelling

Context example:

a self-propelled vehicle

Similar:

moving (in motion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Moved forward by its own force or momentum

Synonyms:

self-propelled; self-propelling

Context example:

the arms program is now self-propelled

Similar:

dynamic; dynamical (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality)

 Context examples 

Teams led by Taher Saif and Rashid Bashir at the University of Illinois worked together to develop the first self-propelled biohybrid swimming and walking biobots powered by beating cardiac muscle cells derived from rats.

(Researchers build microscopic biohybrid robots propelled by muscles, nerves, National Science Foundation)