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.
SELF-CONTRADICTION
Self`-con`tra*dic"tion, n.
Defn: The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction.
SELF-CONTRADICTORY
Self`-con`tra*dict"o*ry, a.
Defn: Contradicting one's self or itself.
SELF-CONTROL
Self`-con*trol", n.
Defn: Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.
SELF-CONVICTED
Self`-con*vict"ed, a.