stand-alone
- adjective
- /ˈstændəˌloʊn/
- Specialized
- This printer is a stand-alone device that does not require a computer to operate.
- a stand-alone system
- a stand-alone application
- a stand-alone course
This is the world's first stand alone Daydream head mounted display.
- This is the world's first stand alone Daydream head mounted display.
- So while it can be a stand alone device, I wouldn't want it to be.
- That said you, you've said that I currently use Ubuntu Linux on a stand alone laptop.
- And that's what we're looking to contribute to is that vision is our land will be its own stand alone system.
- But as a stand alone thing, it's, it's already great.
- Now, in stand alone, that desire line will be very restricted.
- They tell you those computers are absolutely stand alone, isolated bullshit.
Examples
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CUBE Lasers from Coherent are compact, diode laser systems intended for OEM and stand-alone operation.
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We hope to develop stand-alone traps that can be used by homeowners or livestock producers.
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It's a tall building, an individual stand alone structure in the middle of a road.
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Otherwise, the school operates as if it were a stand-alone institution.
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This is the world's first stand alone Daydream head mounted display.
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Additionally, the applications were designed as stand-alone modules, and they are not integrated in any fashion.
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SCION is a portable, stand-alone data acquisition system for use in high school science laboratories.
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The FMA-1900 is a complete stand-alone control system designed to control the flow of non-corrosive gases.
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The bylaws of the Photojournalism Division were recently reviewed and produced as a stand-alone document.
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StepNet drives permit multi-axis motion synchronization of stepper motors in networked and stand-alone motion control applications.
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Synonyms
Complete and independent without needing anything else to work
Able to continue to work or live without help from others
Not needing a central server to work
Antonyms
How Independent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word stand-alone is made of stand ('to be standing') and alone ('by itself'). So it pictures something that 'stands by itself' and can work without help from other things.