'Dependencies' definitions:
Definition of 'Dependencies'
From: GCIDE
- Dependency \De*pend"en*cy\, n.; pl. Dependencies.
- 1. State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust. [1913 Webster]
- Any long series of action, the parts of which have very much dependency each on the other. --Sir J. Reynolds. [1913 Webster]
- So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown of England. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A thing hanging down; a dependence. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like. [1913 Webster]
- This earth and its dependencies. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are considered as dependencies on or affections of substances. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Dependence is more used in the abstract, and dependency in the concrete. The latter is usually restricted in meaning to 3 and 4. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Dependencies'
- Depend,
- Dependable,
- Dependance,
- Dependancy,
- Dependant,
- Depended,
- Dependence,
- Dependency,
- Dependent,
- Dependently,
- Depender,
- Depending,
- Dependingly,
- depend on,
- dependability,
- dependableness,
- dependably,
- dependant on,
- dependent on,
- depending on,
- By-dependence,
- Dependent contract,
- Dependent covenant,
- Dependent variable,
- depend upon,
- dependant upon,
- dependent clause,
- dependent upon,
- subject dependent,
- Self-dependent,
- Self-depending,
- alcohol-dependent,
- insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus,
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes,
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus,
- blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging