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semiautonomous

semiautonomous adjective: partially, but not fully, autonomous.

Adjective

semiautonomous (not comparable)

  1. Partially, but not fully, autonomous.
    • Hong Kong is a semiautonomous region of China.
    • And they plan to introduce even more advanced semiautonomous capabilities in the coming months.2015 February 4, Aaron M. Kessler and Bill Vlasic, “Semiautonomous Driving Arrives, Feature by Feature”, in The New York Times

Forms of semiautonomous

alternative formsemi-autonomous

Origin of semiautonomous

From semi- + autonomous.

Words formed from semiautonomous

Questions about semiautonomous

What does semiautonomous mean?
Semiautonomous means partially, but not fully, autonomous.
What part of speech is semiautonomous?
Semiautonomous is an adjective.

Words near semiautonomous in the dictionary

  1. semiautomatically
  2. semiautomatics
  3. semiautomating
  4. semiautomation
  5. semiautomaton
  6. semiautonomous
  7. semiautonomously
  8. semiautonomy
  9. semiautos
  10. semiauxiliaries
  11. semiauxiliary

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