Category:Self-contained

Self`-con*tained", a.

1. Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed In one's self.

2. (mach.)

Defn: having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate Or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations Of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine Itself. Self-contained steam engine. (a) a steam engine having both Bearings for the crank shaft attached to the frame of the engine. (b) A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened together; a portable Steam engine.