Found 2 items, similar to dependency.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dependency dependency n 1: lack of independence or self-sufficiency [syn: dependence, dependance] 2: being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) [syn: addiction, dependence, habituation] 3: a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country [syn: colony]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dependency Dependency \De*pend"en*cy\, n.; pl. Dependencies. 1. State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust. [1913 Webster] Any long series of action, the parts of which have very much dependency each on the other. --Sir J. Reynolds. [1913 Webster] So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown of England. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. A thing hanging down; a dependence. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like. [1913 Webster] This earth and its dependencies. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster] Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are considered as dependencies on or affections of substances. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 4. A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America. [1913 Webster] Note: Dependence is more used in the abstract, and dependency in the concrete. The latter is usually restricted in meaning to 3 and 4. [1913 Webster]