dependency

Frank's sullen dependency was driving his father nuts.

In the United States' governmental structure, the military is conceived as a dependency under the executive branch.

‘I have a little theory which you Messieurs who go out there must help me to prove. This is my share in the advantages my country shall reap from the possession of such a magnificent dependency.’

This library has dependencies on a lot of other libraries. We have to compile all of those other libraries first.

One of this library's dependencies is very finicky. It can be hard to get it to compile on some systems.