Heteronomous
Encyclopedia
Heteronomous means 'having different laws' and is used in two contexts:
Heteronomous annulation
, an important character in arthropod evolution;
Heteronomous language
, linguistic dialects.
Heteronomous annulation
Heteronomous annulation
Heteronomous annulation is a characteristic of some arthropods. It means that segments are differentiated from one another, each having different form so as to serve a different function - for instance, using some limbs for walking and others for feeding....
, an important character in arthropod evolution;
Heteronomous language
Heteronomous language
A heteronomous language variety is a nonstandard language variety whose speakers normally use another, autonomous language variety in writing and education. In such cases, the heteronomous variety is said to be oriented towards the autonomous one...
, linguistic dialects.