ADJECTIVE
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containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement
a self-propelled vehicle -
moved forward by its own force or momentum
the arms program is now self-propelled
a self-propelled egotist
How To Use self-propelled In A Sentence
- The company makes the Crusader, a self-propelled howitzer that operates like a tank.
- An early version of a self-propelled train, the rail motor provided a vital community service and a lifeline to all the towns and people in the area.
- Having been born since the country's rail network closed in 1975, the three had never seen or ridden on a moving train, other than a self-propelled wagon.
- Most self-propelled systems have numerous moving parts that require lubrication.
- At the same time, seeing the great difficulty with which towed artillery kept up with the armored columns, the Germans began to put more energy into the development of what is nowadays called the self-propelled gun: a medium howitzer mounted on a tank chassis. Deathride
- By autocatalysis or autocatalytic evolution he refers to ‘intrinsically driven and self-propelled’ biological change.
- The solution was to lower harvesting costs and increase harvesting capacity with a mechanical, self-propelled pea harvester.
- Hernando Wills , commander of Colombia's Navy of the Pacific, said authorities seized the vessel, which he calls an SPFS, a self-propelled fully submersible, just as drug runners were preparing for perhaps its maiden voyage. Colombia Captures Smugglers' Submarine
- Today, each 22-passenger, self-propelled carriage includes a fully stocked bar, panoramic windows and clubby, tropical wooden interiors. Chi-Chi Choo-Choos
- Among other things, he was on some kind of self-propelled motorless scooter. Platinum