autopoietic

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ poietic.

Adjective

autopoietic (comparative more autopoietic, superlative most autopoietic)

1. Of, pertaining to, or created by autopoiesis.
   • 1980 [1973], Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela, “On Machines, Living and Otherwise”, in Autopoiesis and Cognition, D. Reidel, page 82:

     If living systems are machines, that they are physical autopoietic machines is trivially obvious: they transform matter into themselves in a manner such that the product of their operation is their own organization.

Translations

pertaining to, or created by autopoiesis

• German: autopoietisch (de)
• Portuguese: autopoiético