self-maintainingadj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfmeɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfˌmeɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, maintain v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < self- prefix + maintain v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier self-maintenance n.

1. That is maintained or sustained without external assistance or intervention; self-sustaining.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > causing to continue or endure

self-maintaining1830

sustainable1949

1830 Morning Chron. 24 June He knew the elements of Greece not to be self-consistent, nor self-maintaining; and that as she could not be self-dependent, she could not be independent.

1890 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 22 May 509/2 For self-respecting and generally self-maintaining people, overtaken by incurable disease, accommodations other than those of common paupers are a great desideratum.

1933 Mind 42 146 Immortality demands self-maintaining effort and formed character.

1959 G. D. Mitchell Sociol. vi. 101 It can thus be seen that witchcraft as a system of beliefs and practices is self-maintaining.

2004 S. McMullen Glass Dragons v. 229 In fairs, a sponsor sets up a table with a barrel and a bench with three or four musicians, and the whole show is more or less self-maintaining from then on.

2. Physiology. Of, relating to, or involving the maintenance by a cell or organism of its own vital processes; (also) self-regulatory; homeostatic. Cf. self-regulatory adj. 2.

ΚΠ

1841 Lancet 23 Oct. 119/1 The self-maintaining power of these cellules, their nourishment and growth, has been seen to exist in the primitive cells of the ovum long before their possession of a vascular or circulatory system could be demonstrated.

1889 Nature 17 Jan. 287/2 The vegetative or self-maintaining activities are opposed to, and balanced by, the reproductive or species-maintaining ones.

1964 J. Z. Young Model of Brain iii. 25 The brain is the central controller of a self-maintaining homeostat.

1986 L. Margulis & D. Sagan Origins Sex xi. 177 The self-maintaining processes of organisms are far more complicated than even the most sophisticated computers.

2016 P. L. Luisi Emergence of Life (ed. 2) vii. 173 A thermodynamically open system that is self-maintaining due to an internal regeneration of components from within.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-maintaining
释义	self-maintainingadj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfmeɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌmeɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, maintain v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < self- prefix + maintain v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier self-maintenance n. 1. That is maintained or sustained without external assistance or intervention; self-sustaining. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > causing to continue or endure self-maintaining1830 sustainable1949 1830 Morning Chron. 24 June He knew the elements of Greece not to be self-consistent, nor self-maintaining; and that as she could not be self-dependent, she could not be independent. 1890 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 22 May 509/2 For self-respecting and generally self-maintaining people, overtaken by incurable disease, accommodations other than those of common paupers are a great desideratum. 1933 Mind 42 146 Immortality demands self-maintaining effort and formed character. 1959 G. D. Mitchell Sociol. vi. 101 It can thus be seen that witchcraft as a system of beliefs and practices is self-maintaining. 2004 S. McMullen Glass Dragons v. 229 In fairs, a sponsor sets up a table with a barrel and a bench with three or four musicians, and the whole show is more or less self-maintaining from then on. 2. Physiology. Of, relating to, or involving the maintenance by a cell or organism of its own vital processes; (also) self-regulatory; homeostatic. Cf. self-regulatory adj. 2. ΚΠ 1841 Lancet 23 Oct. 119/1 The self-maintaining power of these cellules, their nourishment and growth, has been seen to exist in the primitive cells of the ovum long before their possession of a vascular or circulatory system could be demonstrated. 1889 Nature 17 Jan. 287/2 The vegetative or self-maintaining activities are opposed to, and balanced by, the reproductive or species-maintaining ones. 1964 J. Z. Young Model of Brain iii. 25 The brain is the central controller of a self-maintaining homeostat. 1986 L. Margulis & D. Sagan Origins Sex xi. 177 The self-maintaining processes of organisms are far more complicated than even the most sophisticated computers. 2016 P. L. Luisi Emergence of Life (ed. 2) vii. 173 A thermodynamically open system that is self-maintaining due to an internal regeneration of components from within. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1830
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