‖n. [ NL.; auto- + Gr. &unr_; motion. ] (Physiol.) Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ Auto- + kinetic. ] Self-moving; moving automatically. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
. In fire-alarm telegraphy, a system so arranged that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. A tocsin. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]