plural of functional dependency

plural of transitive dependency

(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.

(grammar) Any of a class of grammars based on the dependency relation (as opposed to the constituency relation), in which words are interconnected by directed links, and the (finite) verb is regarded as the centre of clause structure.

plural of dependency grammar

(algebra, of a set of vectors or ring elements) Having a nontrivial linear combination which is zero.

(mathematics, physics) Determined by the value of a variable representing time.

(physics) A photoresistor.

(healthcare) An area for patients who require more intensive observation, treatment and nursing care than would be usually provided on a general ward. A standard of care between the general ward and full intensive care.

(computing, database normalization) A functional dependency of an attribute on a superset of itself.