Autocide
suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.
noun
a chemical created by bacteria that is toxic only to other bacteria of the same species
word origin
auto ‘self, one’s own’
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- Autoclasis
autoclasis autoclasis au·toc·la·sis (ô-tŏk’lə-sĭs) or au·to·cla·si·a (ô’tō-klā’zē-ə) n. a breaking up or rupturing from intrinsic or internal causes. progressive, immunologically induced tissue destruction.
- Autocode
autocode language 1. the -ssembly language accepted by autocoder. 2. a generic term for symbolic -ssembly language. versions of autocode were developed for ferranti atlas, t-tan, mercury and pegasus and ibm 702 and ibm 705. (2001-05-14)
- Autocoder
autocoder language possibly the first primitive compiler. autocoder was written by alick e. glennie in 1952. it translated symbolic statements into machine language for the manchester mark i computer. autocoding later came to be a generic term for -ssembly language programming. (1994-11-07)
- Autocoid
autocoid autocoid au·to·coid (ô’tə-koid’) n. variant of autacoid.