"allonomous" meaning in English

See allonomous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From allo- + -nomous. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|allo|nomous}} allo- + -nomous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} allonomous (not comparable)
  1. (biology) Controlled by an external stimulus Tags: not-comparable
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "allo",
        "3": "nomous"
      },
      "expansion": "allo- + -nomous",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From allo- + -nomous.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "allonomous (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with allo-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -nomous",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Controlled by an external stimulus"
      ],
      "id": "en-allonomous-en-adj-PlDupimP",
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "external",
          "external"
        ],
        [
          "stimulus",
          "stimulus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) Controlled by an external stimulus"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "allonomous"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "allo",
        "3": "nomous"
      },
      "expansion": "allo- + -nomous",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From allo- + -nomous.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "allonomous (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms prefixed with allo-",
        "English terms suffixed with -nomous",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Biology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Controlled by an external stimulus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "external",
          "external"
        ],
        [
          "stimulus",
          "stimulus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) Controlled by an external stimulus"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "allonomous"
}

Download raw JSONL data for allonomous meaning in English (0.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.