Containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement.
1 Liftboats are self - propelling rigs that support offshore energy work such as platform maintenance.
2 It's a self - propelling , human-powered hydrofoil, which lets you skate across water by hopping.
3 They could have a self - propelling stretcher back for Hicks in a few minutes.
4 He had about a dozen grenades left, three self - propelling .
5 And so London keeps rolling on, a self - propelling home advantage There is no real answer to any of this.
6 Our results provide insight into the control and guidance of artificial and synthetic self - propelling active microswimmers near elastic confinements.
7 They also were more pleased by a three-dimensional look and images of " self - propelling " rather than stationary objects.
8 Of course, in the wider world Touré is by no means the first to indulge in a bit of self - propelling micro-preparation.
9 Cricket's new world is about individualism, portable skills, being your own self - propelling captain, required just to turn up and be brilliant.
10 They could make twelve miles an hour on the road even though the self - propelling feature was only an incident of the construction.
11 We illustrate a new form of self - propelling and steering torpedo, designed and patented by Mr. Richard Paulson, of Boon Hills, Langwith, Notts.
12 "But if, as you said, she has to move around in one of those self - propelling wheel-chairs, how does she ever get her house-work done, Thad?"
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