Definition of Dependency
De`pend´en`cy
n.
1.
State
of
being
dependent
;
dependence
;
state
of
being
subordinate
;
subordination
;
concatenation
;
connection
;
reliance
;
trust
.
Any
long
series
of
action
,
the
parts
of
which
have
very
much
dependency
each
on
the
other
.
- Sir J. Reynolds.
So
that
they
may
acknowledge
their
dependency
on
the
crown
of
England
.
- Bacon.
2.
A
thing
hanging
down
;
a
dependence
.
3.
That
which
is
attached
to
something
else
as
its
consequence
,
subordinate
,
satellite
,
and
the
like
.
This
earth
and
its
dependencies
.
- T. Burnet.
Modes
I
call
such
complex
ideas
which
. . .
are
considered
as
dependencies
on
or
affections
of
substances
.
- Locke.
4.
A
territory
remote
from
the
kingdom
or
state
to
which
it
belongs
,
but
subject
to
its
dominion
;
a
colony
;
as
,
Great
Britain
has
its
dependencies
in
Asia
,
Africa
,
and
America
.
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,
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,
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