What is "heteronomous"

Heteronomous \Het`er*on"o*mous\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. no`mos law.] Subject to the law of another.
--Krauth-Fleming.

a. 1 arising from an external influence, force, or agency; not autonomous 2 (context biology of parts of an organism English) differing in development or in specialization 3 (context linguistics of a language English) being a dialect of an autonomous language

Heteronomous means 'having different laws' and is used in two contexts:

Heteronomous annulation, an important character in arthropod evolution;

Heteronomous language, linguistic dialects.