Auto-dial
See under auto-dialer.
a telephone device that makes possible a service feature (au·to-dial) whereby a call is automatically made in response to a brief input signal from the user, as the pressing of a button.
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a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person. Contemporary Examples Since Carruth is a one-man band and autodidact, he learned how to create the special effects for the creature himself. ‘Upstream Color,’ Shane Carruth’s Sci-Fi Drama, Is the Year’s Craziest Film (So Far) Marlow […]
- Autodidactic
a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person. noun a person who is self-taught adj. “self-taught,” 1838, from Greek autodidaktikos “self-taught,” from autos “self” (see auto-) + didaktos “taught” (see didactic). n. 1746, from Greek autodidaktos “self-taught” (see autodidactic).
- Autodidacticism
the process or practice of learning a subject without a teacher or formal education; self-education: Abraham Lincoln is viewed as a model of autodidacticism.
- Autodidactically
a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person. noun a person who is self-taught n. 1746, from Greek autodidaktos “self-taught” (see autodidactic).
- Autodigestion
autodigestion autodigestion au·to·di·ges·tion (ô’tō-dī-jěs’chən, -dĭ-) n. See autolysis. Historical Examples It is of interest to look for more examples of autodigestion accompanying phenomena of regeneration. The Organism as a Whole Jacques Loeb A m/200 HCl solution gives marked acceleration of the autodigestion of the liver. The Organism as a Whole Jacques Loeb This would explain […]