Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dependency"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dependency \De*pend"en*cy\, n.; pl. {Dependencies}.
1. State of being dependent; dependence; state of being
subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection;
reliance; trust.
Any long series of action, the parts of which have
very much dependency each on the other. --Sir J.
Reynolds.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dependency
n 1: lack of independence or self-sufficiency [syn: {dependence},
{dependance}]
2: being abnormally dependent on something that is
psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially
alcohol or narcotic drugs) [syn: {addiction}, {dependence}]
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