The Collaborative International Dictionary
Autokinetic
Autokinetic \Au`to*ki*net"ic\, a. [Auto- + kinetic.] Self-moving; moving automatically.
Wiktionary
autokinetic
a. 1 Moving by itself or automatically. 2 (cx historical English) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.