(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.

(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.

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

(computing, colloquial) The situation when installed software packages have conflicting, incompatible dependencies on specific versions of other software packages.

plural of dependency culture

plural of dependency ratio

(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

(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.