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What does self-sealing mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word self-sealing? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. A device with seals that activate without special procedures.
  2. Describing a container that is capable of automatically closing off leaks that form in it.
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It had self-sealing fuel tanks in wings and fuselage, a fire-extinguishing system and a body able to take heavy punishment.
With self-sealing fuel bladders and a little bit of armor, helicopters are highly resistant to small-caliber weapons.
Three standard self-sealing fuel tanks provide a fuel capacity of 3,222 litres.
The fuel system is rated to withstand a 14m crash and the fuel tanks are self-sealing.
The DZ does not response well to hydraulic fracturing treatment because of fracture self-sealing.
The self-sealing fuel tanks are mounted in external fairings on the sides of the fuselage.

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