independent [ in·de·pen·dent ]
Adjective
an independent nuclear deterrent
Taiwan is clearly an independent country with its own sovereignty.
Half of them prefer party nominees to independent candidates.
Academies are independent schools funded by public money.
It's hard to go from a very, independent woman to depending on others.
From about the early 1880s he had independent income and so he devoted himself to the problem of flight.
advice for independent travellers
The ads should also be subject to independent oversight.
the legislature and the judicature are independent of one another
Unknown is whether speed and accuracy are really independent measures of strategy effectiveness in computational estimation.
We used a parameterization process to reduce these parameters to 36 independent ones.
Noun
A lower limit would encourage the entry of independents and promote competition.
he stood unsuccessfully as an independent in 1992
They were part of English nonconformity which included Independents and Quakers.

