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dependency

noun
/dɪˈpɛndənsi/UK

Etymology

From dependent + -cy or dependence + -y or depend + -ency.

  1. derived from dēpendēns
  2. derived from dependant
  3. inherited from dependaunt
  4. formed as dependency — “dependent + -cy”

Definitions

  1. A state of dependence

    A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.

    • Frank's sullen dependency was driving his father nuts.

  2. Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else

    • In the United States' governmental structure, the military is conceived as a dependency under the executive branch.

  3. The status of being a legal dependent

    The status of being a legal dependent; the relationship between a dependent and their provider.

    • In discussing this dependency, the Board said that there was clearly such a relationship. Charles Glassman, Donovan's attorney, said "Finnerty [worked] as deputy district attorney and Donovan lived off [Finnerty's] salary."
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.

      • ‘I have a little theory which you Messieurs who go out there must help me to prove. This is my share in the advantages my country shall reap from the possession of such a magnificent dependency.’

    2. A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.

    3. Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.

      • This library has dependencies on a lot of other libraries. We have to compile all of those other libraries first.

    4. An external component whose functionality is relied on.

      • One of this library's dependencies is very finicky. It can be hard to get it to compile on some systems.

The neighborhood

Derived

autodependency, British Crown dependency, chemical dependency, chemidependency, codependency, Crown dependency, dependency culture, dependency grammar, dependency hell, dependency injection, dependency inversion principle, dependency ratio, dependency theory, engineered dependency, environmental dependency syndrome, functional dependency, high dependency unit, interdependency, overdependency, partial dependency, path dependency, Ross Dependency, technodependency, thermodependency, transitive dependency, trivial functional dependency

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dependency. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at dependency. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at dependency

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA