'Symbiotic' definitions:

Definition of 'symbiotic'

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adjective
Used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each

Definition of 'Symbiotic'

From: GCIDE
  • Symbiotic \Sym`bi*ot"ic\ ([i^]m`b[i^]*[o^]t"[i^]k), a. [Gr. symbiwtiko`s.] (Biol.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, or living in, a state of symbiosis. -- {Sym`bi*ot"ic*al}, a. -- {Sym`bi*ot"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'symbiotic'

From: GCIDE
  • Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr. dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]
  • 1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of independent. [Narrower terms: {interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial}; {parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking}; subordinate; underage; myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree. [1913 Webster]
  • England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional.
  • Syn: qualified. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 4. addicted to drugs.
  • Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out. [WordNet 1.5]
  • Dependent covenant or Dependent contract (Law), one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
  • Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the independent variable. [1913 Webster]

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