Usually means: Automatically secures without external force.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word self-locking:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-locking: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-locking: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-locking, self-locking: Collins English Dictionary
  4. self-locking: Vocabulary.com
  5. self-locking: Wordnik
  6. self-locking: Dictionary.com
  7. self-locking: Rhymezone
  8. self-locking: FreeDictionary.org
  9. self-locking: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. self-locking: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. self-locking: Wiktionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Fastener Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (self-locking)

▸ adjective:  (engineering) That remains safely in place after being moved or positioned.

Similar:
automatic, fast, spring-loaded, locked, lockable, deadlatched, safe, interlockable, semistationary, steadfast, more...

Opposite:
non-self-locking, manual locking, unlocked

Types:
padlock, bolt, cable lock, combination lock, deadbolt, chain, more...

Phrases:
self-locking nut, more...

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Similar:
automatic, fast, spring-loaded, locked, lockable, deadlatched, safe, interlockable, semistationary, steadfast, more...

Opposite:
non-self-locking, manual locking, unlocked

Types:
padlock, bolt, cable lock, combination lock, deadbolt, chain, more...

Phrases:
self-locking nut, more...



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