Dependency

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Dependency or dependent may refer to:

Medicine and psychology

• Substance dependence, a need for a substance so strong that it becomes necessary to have this substance to function properly
• Codependence, a pattern of detrimental, behavioral interactions within a dysfunctional relationship
• Dependence (behavioral medicine), a continuum of physical and psychological attachments related to the concept of behavioral addiction
• Dependent personality disorder, a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on other people

Applied mathematics and computer science

• Coupling (computer science), also called dependency, a state in which one object uses a functionality of another object
• Data dependency, which describes a dependence relation between statements in a program
• Dependency relation, a type of binary relation in mathematics and computer science.
• Dependency (UML), a relationship between two elements in the Unified Modeling Language
• Dependent type, in computer science and logic, a type which depends on a value
• Dependent and independent variables, in mathematics, the variable that is dependent on the independent variable

Other

• Dependency (project management), a link amongst a project's terminal elements
• Dependent territory, a classification of territory, especially a region that is not a sovereign state, but the possession of such
• Dependant (British English) (Dependent - American English), a person who depends on another as a primary source of income
• Dependency theory, an economic worldview which states that resources flow from poor states to wealthy states
• Dependent Music, an independent Canadian record label, owned and operated by the artists that were a part of the collective
• Dependent Records, a German independent record label that focuses on aggrotech, electro-industrial and futurepop music
• Dependency ratio, in economics, the ratio of the economically dependent part of the economy to the productive part
• Dependent and independent verb forms, in Goidelic languages, distinct verb forms used either with a preceding particle, in the case of dependent forms, or without one, in the case of independent forms

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Adjective

dependent (comparative more dependent, superlative most dependent)

1. Relying upon; depending upon

   At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.

2. (of certain Irish irregular verbs): standing only after a preverbal particle
3. (of Scottish Gaelic verb forms) Used in questions, negative sentences and after certain particles and prepositions.
4. (in medicine:) affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while supine

Noun

dependent (plural dependents)

1. (US) One who relies on another for support

   With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all ... (In British English, this meaning is spelt dependant.)

2. (grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements modifiers and determiners.
3. (Greek grammar) the aorist subjunctive form of a verb; or non-past, perfective form of a verb

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