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autonomous

[ aw-ton-uh-muhs ]

adjective

  1. Government.
    1. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only.
    2. pertaining to an autonomy, or a self-governing community.
  2. having autonomy; not subject to control from outside; independent:

    a subsidiary that functioned as an autonomous unit.

  3. (of a machine, device, etc.) able to operate with little or no human control or intervention:

    an autonomous vehicle.

  4. Biology.
    1. existing and functioning as an independent organism.
    2. growing naturally or spontaneously, without cultivation.


autonomous

/ ɔːˈɒəə /

adjective

  1. (of a community, country, etc) possessing a large degree of self-government
  2. of or relating to an autonomous community
  3. independent of others
  4. philosophy
    1. acting or able to act in accordance with rules and principles of one's own choosing
    2. (in the moral philosophy of Kant, of an individual's will) directed to duty rather than to some other end Compare heteronomous See also categorical imperative
  5. biology existing as an organism independent of other organisms or parts
  6. a variant spelling of autonomic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٴDzԴdzdzܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ٴDz··dzܲ· adverb
  • ԴDz··ٴDz··dzܲ adjective
  • ԴDz··ٴDz··dzܲ·ness noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of autonomous1

First recorded in 1790–1800; from Greek ܳóԴdzDz “with laws of one's own, independent,” equivalent to auto- auto- 1 + ó(Dz) “law, custom” + -os adjective suffix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of autonomous1

C19: from Greek autonomos living under one's own laws, from auto- + nomos law
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Being newly autonomous in a place where you once felt you had no control is an eerie thing.

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Tesla was granted a permit in California allowing it to operate its own fleet of taxis driven by company employees, state officials said, the first in a step toward autonomous Tesla taxis.

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He drew criticism from truck drivers for rejecting their push to require more regulation of autonomous big rigs.

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He has long promised to deliver fully autonomous driving technology and a fleet of driverless robotaxis, but Tesla’s current technology known as Full Self-Driving cannot function without an alert human behind the wheel.

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"Autonomous trucks and autonomous vehicles, need to be much safer than average human driven vehicle," says Mr Liu.

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