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Independent — may refer to:*Independent bookstore, a bookstore that is not part of a chain *Independent business, privately owned companies * Independent brewery, craft brewer with less than 25% owned by alcoholic beverage industry member *Independent city, a… … Wikipedia
Independent — In de*pend ent, a. [Pref. in not + dependent: cf. F. ind[ e]pendant.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent. [1913 Webster] A dry, but… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Independent — In de*pend ent, n. 1. (Eccl.) One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority. [1913 Webster] Note: In England the name is often applied… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
independent — I. adjective Date: 1611 1. not dependent: as a. (1) not subject to control by others ; self governing (2) not affiliated with a larger controlling unit < an independent bookstore > b. (1) not requiring or relying on something else … New Collegiate Dictionary
independent — nonpartisan onpartisan adj. 1. free from party affiliation or bias. Opposite of {partisan}. [Narrower terms: {bipartisan, bipartizan, two party, two way}; {independent ] [Narrower terms: {nonparty, non party ] Syn: nonpartizan. [WordNet 1.5] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
independent — A merchant ship under naval control sailed singly and unescorted by a warship. See also military independent … Military dictionary
Independent Catholic Churches — are Christian denominations (or ) which claim apostolic succession for their bishops but are not a part of the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Old Catholic Churches under the Archbishop of Utrecht or the… … Wikipedia
Independent Baptist — churches (also referred to as Independent Fundamental Baptist , or IFB) are Christian churches holding to generally Baptist beliefs. Like all Baptists they are characterized by being independent from the authority of denominations and church… … Wikipedia
Independent agencies of the United States government — are those that exist outside of the departments of the executive branch. Established through separate statutes passed by the U.S. Congress, each respective statutory grant of authority defines the goals the agency must work towards, as well as… … Wikipedia
Independent component analysis — (ICA) is a computational method for separating a multivariate signal into additive subcomponents supposing the mutual statistical independence of the non Gaussian source signals. It is a special case of blind source separation. Definition When… … Wikipedia
Independent Local Radio — is the collective name given to commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. The same name is used for Independent Local Radio in Ireland.HistoryDevelopment of ILRUntil the early 1970s, the BBC had a legal monopoly on radio broadcasting in… … Wikipedia
