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spontaneous 
  adj 
1 occurring, produced, or performed through natural processes without external influence 
spontaneous movement  
2 arising from an unforced personal impulse; voluntary; unpremeditated 
a spontaneous comment  
3 (of plants) growing naturally; indigenous 
  (C17: from Late Latin spontaneus, from Latin sponte voluntarily) 
♦  spontaneously  adv 
♦  spontaneousness  n 

spontaneous combustion 
  n the ignition of a substance or body as a result of internal oxidation processes, without the application of an external source of heat, occurring in finely powdered ores, coal, straw, etc. 
spontaneous generation 
  n  another name for  →  abiogenesis 
spontaneous recovery 
  n  (Psychol) the reappearance of a response after its extinction has been followed by a period of rest