SELF-REGULATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-regulating mean? 

• SELF-REGULATING (adjective)
  The adjective SELF-REGULATING has 1 sense:

1. designed to activate or move or regulate itself

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-REGULATING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Designed to activate or move or regulate itself

Synonyms:

self-acting; self-activating; self-moving; self-regulating

Context example:

a self-activating sprinkler system

Similar:

automatic (operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control)

 Context examples 

A self-regulating entity mandated by federal law to be established at an institution that uses laboratory animals for research or instructional purposes to oversee and evaluate all aspects of the institution's animal use and care program.

(Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, NCI Thesaurus)