semi-autonomous

A form of semiautonomous — Partially, but not fully, autonomous.

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Meanings

adjectivesemi-autonomous (comparative more semi-autonomous, superlative most semi-autonomous)

comparative more semi-autonomous · superlative most semi-autonomous

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of semiautonomous.
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    The Midland merged with the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway on July 1 1903, to form the Midland Railway (Northern Counties Commission). This semi-autonomous organisation became the LMS (NCC) after Grouping in 1923 and then, upon Nationalisation on January 1 1948, the Railway Executive (NCC). BR's ownership would be short-lived - it sold the NCC to the Ulster Transport Authority on April 1 1949.

    2023 January 11, Richard Foster, “British Rail's weirdest railways...: Northern Counties Commission”, in RAIL, number 974, page 46

Origin

From semi- + autonomous.

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APA

semi-autonomous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semi-autonomous

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“semi-autonomous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semi-autonomous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semi-autonomous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semi-autonomous.

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