1. Regarding, or governed by different laws, involving different principles: In her book, Alice found out that a heteronomous control was one of external domination, and not autonomous.

Heteronomous authority is the direction or control of another; and is not self-governing.
2. In biology, pertaining to different modes of growth; applied to parts or members differentiated from the same primitive type: Heteronomous specialization refers to the course of growth of organs or other parts of an organism.