autonomous unit

collocation in English

meaningsofautonomousandunit

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autonomous
adjective
uk
/ɔːˈtɒn.ə.məs/us
/ɑːˈtɑː.nə.məs/
independent and having the power to make your ...
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unit
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.nɪt/us
/ˈjuː.nɪt/
a single thing or a separate part of ...
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(Definition ofautonomousandunitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofautonomous unit

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It is no use working in a watertight compartment as anautonomousunit.
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If we used words strictly, "autonomy" would refer to the relations between anautonomousunitand some authority outside.
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The inability of cell competition to occur across the boundary, indicates that each compartment serves as anautonomousunitof growth.
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Aeronorte, however, continued to operate as anautonomousunitin partnership with its new owner.
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It operated as an independent,autonomousunitfor much of its existence.
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Here each ant is anautonomousunitthat reacts depending only on its local environment and the genetically encoded rules for its variety of ant.
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They are the mostautonomousunitof the brigade, able to infiltrate deep behind enemy lines.
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The third stage occurs when the three principal organs have been formed but the other organs have not yet separated into autonomous units.
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This process called the synaptic vesicle cycle maintains the number of vesicles in the presynaptic bouton and allows the synaptic terminal to be anautonomousunit.
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It consisted of nine autonomous units based around a hierarchical road network which made circulation possible throughout the entire coastal area.
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It began as an experiment in professor-student mentor relationships where a student-initiated, contract-driven education, and operated as anautonomousunitof the university for approximately 10 years.
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This is that the vascular and synaptic end-feet function as autonomous units that respond to specific events at these loci as independent entities driven by local feedback signals.
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The existing autonomous units have raised and expended over £340 million in capital for the local authorities and £275 million in the companies.
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The opponents of this will be the trade unions because at the moment they can deal independently with these autonomous units of nationalised productivity.
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Moreover, the opportunity and the need for effective control by a central authority are less in such autonomous units as county boroughs.
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There was a time when the supra-nationals in the car industry were composed of virtually autonomous units which planned, tooled and made cars.
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The fact that these are at present autonomous units seems to us to be an advantage and not a disadvantage.
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What we see here is a picture of an industry in which there are not more than 100 or so large autonomous units.
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There was a central board with autonomous units co-operating together to improve the service and the image of the trustee savings banks.
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