SELF-CONTAINED
\sˈɛlfkəntˈe͡ɪnd], \sˈɛlfkəntˈeɪnd], \s_ˈɛ_l_f_k_ə_n_t_ˈeɪ_n_d]\
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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"
By Princeton University
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Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
