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Definition of: autonomous
(ô·ton′ə·məs) adjective
1. Independent; self–governing.
2. Of or pertaining to an autonomy.
3. Biol. Independent of any other organism.
4. Bot. Autonomic. [<Gk. autonomos independent <autos self + nomos law, rule]
—au·ton′o·mous·ly adverb
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