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STAND-ALONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stand-alone mean?
• STAND-ALONE (adjective)
The adjective STAND-ALONE has 1 sense:
1. capable of operating independently
Familiarity information: STAND-ALONE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of operating independently
Similar:
complete (having every necessary or normal part or component or step)
Domain category:
electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)
Context examples
These next-generation solar cells could be used as an efficiency-boosting layer on top of existing silicon-based solar cells, or be made into stand-alone solar cells or coloured LEDs.
(Potassium gives perovskite-based solar cells an efficiency boost, University of Cambridge)
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