'Dependency' definitions:

Definition of 'dependency'

(from WordNet)
noun
The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else [syn: dependence, dependance, dependency]
noun
Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) [syn: addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation]
noun
A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country [syn: colony, dependency]

Definition of 'Dependency'

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]

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