(computing) Of computer software or computing methods and concepts: implemented such that they can operate on any of various computer platforms.

plural of independent contractor

plural of independent scholar

(algebra, field theory) (Of a subset S of the extension field L of a given field extension L / K) whose elements do not satisfy any non-trivial polynomial equation with coefficients in K.

plural of independent counsel

(US, law, politics) A special prosecutor

(geometry) Said of a set of points in an affine space: the property that the vectors issuing from an arbitrarily chosen point to the rest of the points are linearly independent.

Partially independent.

plural of independent possessive

plural of independent genitive