self-healing

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ healing.

Adjective

self-healing (not comparable)

  1. (of a material) Capable of repairing itself.
    • 2024 October 10, Tiana Milović et al., “Enhancing Compressive Strength of Cement by Indigenous Individual and Co-Culture Bacillus Bacteria”, in Materials‎[1], volume 17, number 20, →DOI, archived from the original on 24 February 2025:
      Indigenous bacteria, which naturally exist in specific environments, are being increasingly utilized in self-healing cement to promote calcite precipitation, a process that fills cracks and restores the material’s structural integrity [4,5].

Noun

self-healing (uncountable)

  1. A process that allows a material to repair itself.
    • 2024 October 10, Tiana Milović et al., “Enhancing Compressive Strength of Cement by Indigenous Individual and Co-Culture Bacillus Bacteria”, in Materials‎[2], volume 17, number 20, →DOI, archived from the original on 24 February 2025:
      This study also explores the role of environmental conditions, such as wet and wet–dry cycles, in optimizing the self-healing process, revealing that cyclic exposure conditions further improve the efficiency of strength recovery.

Verb

self-healing

  1. present participle and gerund of self-heal
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