Conditioned upon; to a varying extent or degree based on.

(computing) An attribute of a relation that depends on a key but also on a part of such key; this is a violation of second normal form.

a way of life characterized by a dependency on state benefits

physical and psychological dependency on an addictive drug

Alternative form of path dependence

An Antarctic region claimed as a dependent territory by New Zealand, lying between 160° E and 150° W, and south of 60° S.

(software architecture) A type-safe way of supplying an external dependency to a software component.

(geography) The number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.

(databases) An attribute of a relation that depends on a key but also on a third attribute which is not a key; this is a violation of third normal form.

plural of dependency grammar