self-correcting
or self-cor·rec·tive
[ self-kuh-rek-ting, self- ]
/ ˈsɛlf kəˈrɛk tɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- /
adjective
automatically adjusting to or correcting mistakes, malfunctions, etc.: a self-correcting mechanism.
Origin of self-correcting
First recorded in 1935–40
OTHER WORDS FROM self-correcting
self-cor·rec·tion, nounWords nearby self-correcting
Example sentences from the Web for self-correcting
The story of Gliese 581g highlights how hard exoplanet-hunting is, and how science at its best is self-correcting.
At least since the last world war, most of the developed world has lived with the idea that popular suffrage is self-correcting.
"Miss Cora Dares," Pauline continued, with a self-correcting precision.
The Adventures of a Widow |Edgar FawcettBut this self-correcting motive was presently displaced by a motive of a different sort.
Felix Holt, The Radical |George Eliot
British Dictionary definitions for self-correcting
self-correcting
adjective
capable of correcting itself without external aid