Definition of "selfstanding" []

• Standing or existing in ones own power, ability or competence, non-reliant (adjective)
• Individual; independent (adjective)
• Lacking affixes, stem (adjective)

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• "The robustness of these predictions, and the place of the constructal law as a selfstanding principle in thermodynamics, are discussed."