Definition of nonautonomous
: not autonomous: such as
a
: not having the right or power of self-government
nonautonomous regions
b
: not capable of functioning without input from a human operator
nonautonomous cars
c
: not capable of existing, developing, or occurring independently
nonautonomous cell proliferation
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The first known use of nonautonomous was in 1871
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