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interdependence

noun

Etymology

From inter- + dependence.

  1. borrowed from dépendance
  2. prefixed as interdependence — “inter + dependence”

Definitions

  1. The condition of being interdependent.

    • The transmission oil is cooled in a heat exchanger through which the cooling water is circulated, to assist rapid warming of the engine system and to bring engine and transmission into their true interdependence.
    • But today, as electricity creates conditions of extreme interdependence on a global scale, we move swiftly again into an auditory world of simultaneous events and over-all awareness.
    • For those concerned that the interdependence of power and water could lead to higher costs and greater scarcity of both, two energy developments in the last five years offer both good news and bad.

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