Independent - Definition and Overview

Business

In business, an independent business is a term of distinction and is generally used to refer to businesses which are privately owned as opposed to those publicly owned through a distribution of shares on the market. A sole-proprietorship is the most common form of independent business. Other terms of distinction used in addition to independent businesses are small business and startup business, which have varying subtleties of distinction.

Independence Air is a low-cost airline in the United States.

Religion

In English church history, an Independent advocated local congregational control of religious and church matters, without any wider geographical hierarchy, either ecclesiastical or political. Independents reached particular prominence in the period of the English Civil War and of the Commonwealth of England.

Mathematics

In mathematics,

• two random variables can be statistically indepedent;

• a set of vectors can be linearly independent, in which case they make up a basis for the space in which the set of vectors resides;

• the argument to a function is the independent variable, an entirely different concept from that of statistical independence.

• a proposition may be logically independent of a set of axioms, if there is no proof or disproof based solely on those axioms,

Telecommunication

• Bit-sequence independence

Politics

Independence is the status of a state or country whose government is not subject to any other government. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, a similar concept is called autocephaly.

In politics, an independent is a voter or a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. In countries with a two-party system, independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between the two parties, or may feel that neither of the two parties adequately represents their viewpoint.

Recent independent candidates for U.S. President include John Anderson in 1980, Ross Perot in 1992 and Ralph Nader in 2004.

Newspaper

The Independent is a British broadsheet newspaper that has recently (2003) launched a tabloid sized version.

Music industry

In the music industry, an independent record label -- or indie -- is a record label not associated with the 'major' record labels.

Professional Wrestling

In Professional wrestling, an independent promotion -- or indy -- is a wrestling show not associated with the 'major' wrestling promotions.

Places in the United States

• Independence, Alabama
• Independence, California
  • Independence, Inyo County, California
  • Independence, Calaveras County, California
• Independence, Colorado
  • Independence, Teller County, Colorado
  • Independence, Pitkin County, Colorado
• Independence, Illinois
• Independence, Indiana
• Independence, Iowa
• Independence, Kansas
• Independence, Kentucky
• Independence, Louisiana
• Independence, Minnesota
  • Independence, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  • Independence, Hennepin County, Minnesota
• Independence, Mississippi
  • Independence, Tate County, Mississippi
  • Independence, Scott County, Mississippi
• Independence, Missouri
  • Independence, Jackson County, Missouri
  • Independence, Clay County, Missouri
• Independence, Montana
• Independence, New York
• Independence, North Dakota
• Independence, Ohio
  • Independence, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  • Independence, Defiance County, Ohio
• Independence, Oklahoma
  • Independence, Custer County, Oklahoma
  • Independence, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
• Independence, Oregon
• Independence, Pennsylvania
  • Independence, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
  • Independence, Washington County, Pennsylvania
• Independence, Tennessee
  • Independence, Hancock County, Tennessee
  • Independence, Overton County, Tennessee
• Independence, Tennessee
• Independence, Texas
• Independence, Utah
• Independence, Virginia
• Independence, Washington
• Independence, West Virginia
  • Independence, Clay County, West Virginia
  • Independence, Jackson County, West Virginia
  • Independence, Preston County, West Virginia
• Independence, Wisconsin