Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
autonomous (adjective)1.
of, relating to, or marked by - autonomy
2.
a) having the right or power of self-government
b) undertaken or carried on without outside control - self-contained an autonomous school system
3.
a) existing or capable of existing independently - an autonomous zooid
b) responding, reacting, or developing independently of the whole - an autonomous growth
4.
controlled by the nervous system - autonomic free
