self-contained : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: self-contained	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-contained adj constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself; "the university is like a self-contained city with shops and all amenities" in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble" Synonym(s): collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Self-contained \Self`-con*tained"\, a. 1. Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self. 2. (Mach.) 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.