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2. (Biol.) Having independent existence or laws.

Au*ton"o*my (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. autonomie. See Autonomous.] 1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.

2. (Metaph.) The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty. Fleming.

||Au*toph"a*gi (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; self + &?; to eat.] (Zoöl.) Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.

Au*toph"o*by (&?;), n. [Auto- + Gr. &?; fear.] Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical. [R.] Hare.

Au*toph"o*ny (&?;), n. [Auto- + Gr. &?; a sound.] (Med.) An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. Dunglison.

Au`to*plas"tic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to autoplasty.

Au"to*plas`ty (&?;), n. [Auto- + - plasty.] (Surg.) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.

{ Au*top"sic (&?;), Au*top"sic*al (&?;), } a. Pertaining to autopsy; autoptical. [Obs.]

Au*top"so*rin (&?;), n. [Auto- + Gr. &?; the itch.] (Med.) That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.

Au"top*sy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; seen by one's self; &?; self + &?; seen: cf. F. autopsie. See Optic, a.] 1. Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view.

By autopsy and experiment. Cudworth.

2. (Med.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post- mortem examination.

{ Au*top"tic (*tp"tk), Au*top"tic*al (-tk*al), } a. [Gr. a'ytoptiko`s: cf. F. autoptique.] Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience.

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Au*top"tic*al*ly (*tp"t*kal*l), adv. By means of ocular view, or one's own observation. Sir T. Browne.

{ Au`to*sche`di*as"tic (`t*sk`d*s"tk), Au`to*sche`di*as"tic*al (-s"t*kal), } a. [Auto- + Gr. schedia`zein to do hastily. See Schediasm.] Extemporary; offhand. [R.] Dean Martin.

Au`to*styl"ic (&?;), a. [Auto- + Gr. sty^los pillar.] (Anat.) Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.

Au"to*the`ism (&?;), n. [Auto- + theism.] 1. The doctrine of God's self- existence. [R.]

2. Deification of one's self; self-worship. [R.]

Au"to*the`ist, n. One given to self- worship. [R.]

Au"to*type (&?;), n. [Auto- + - type: cf. F. autotype.] 1. A facsimile.

2. A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin plate.

Au`to*ty*pog"ra*phy (&?;), n. [Auto- + typography.] A process resembling "nature printing," by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which the printing is done as from copperplate.

Au*tot"y*py (&?;), n. The art or process of making autotypes.

Au"tumn (&?;), n. [L. auctumnus, autumnus, perh. fr. a root av to satisfy one's self: cf. F. automne. See Avarice.] 1. The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November.

In England, according to Johnson, autumn popularly comprises August, September, and October. In the southern hemisphere, the autumn corresponds to our spring.

2. The harvest or fruits of autumn. Milton.