self-opening
adjEtymology From self- + opening.
1
that opens, or is designed to open automatically, or opens of its own accord.
- Special features enable the cars to be used as mobile classrooms; equipment includes a microphone and inter-car broadcasting equipment, self-opening doors, fluorescent lights, illuminated speedometer, carton disposal units and a folding bed which normally serves as seats on either side of a table.1963 January, “New in Japan: A Vista-car special”, in Modern Railways, page 44:
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- self-closing