independent variable experimental variable | (statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables |
law of independent assortment | each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random |
main clause independent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence |
Commonwealth of Independent States CIS | an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec |
independent agency | an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments |
Papua New Guinea Independent State of Papua New Guinea | a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, in it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations |
Samoa Independent State of Samoa Western Samoa Samoa i Sisifo | a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific |
universe existence creation world cosmos macrocosm | everything that exists anywhere, they study the evolution of the universe, the biggest tree in existence |
freelancer freelance free-lance free lance independent self-employed person | a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them |
mugwump independent fencesitter | a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) |
being beingness existence | the state or fact of existing, a point of view gradually coming into being, laws in existence for centuries |
eternity timelessness timeless existence | a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife |
independent | free from external control and constraint, an independent mind, a series of independent judgments, fiercely independent individualism |
independent main(a) | (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence, the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb |
independent | not controlled by a party or interest group |
autonomous independent self-governing sovereign | (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces, an autonomous judiciary, a sovereign state |