self-sealing

English

Etymology

self- +‎ sealing

Adjective

self-sealing (not comparable)

1. A device with seals that activate without special procedures.

   The engine had self-sealing gaskets to keep the grease in, just tighten the bolts.

2. Describing a container that is capable of automatically closing off leaks that form in it.

   Many pilots' lives were saved during World War II by salf-sealing gas tanks that kept their planes from becoming fireballs when riddled with bullets.

Translations

• Spanish: autosellante