| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a dependent manner.[Websters]
2. In a junior, subordinate, inferior, poor or substandard manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a contingent or adventitious manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a conditional or subjunctive manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a pendent or pendulous manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a weak or helpless manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a relative or relevant manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In an appurtenant or appendant manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In an adherent or partisan manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Seldom used adverbial inflection of the adjective dependent.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (dependent) | 1. Relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture".[Wordnet]. 2. Contingent on something else.[Wordnet]. 3. (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence".[Wordnet]. 4. Held from above.[Wordnet]. 5. Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "a dependent prince".[Wordnet]. 6. Addicted to a drug.[Wordnet]. 7. Not independent; "dependent children".[Wordnet]. 8. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.[Websters]. 9. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends.[Websters]. 10. Adjective base of the adverb dependently.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEPENDENTLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1827. (references) |
Specialty Definition: dependent
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Satire | DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears. Source: Devil's Dictionary | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Adjective] Hanging down; as a dependent leaf. The furs in the tails were dependent.. | 2: [Adjective] Subject to the power of; at the disposal of; not able to exist or sustain itself without the will or power of. Thus, we are dependent on God and his providence; and effect may be dependent on some unknown cause.. | 3: [Adjective] Relying on for support or favor; unable to subsist or to perform any thing, without the aid of. Children are dependent on their parents for food and clothing. The pupil is dependent on his preceptor for instruction.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Business | A person who is eligible for care because of his or her relationship to a member or former member of a uniformed service. (references) | ||
| Finance | Those relatives, usually members of the family or household, to whose care, maintenance or support a taxpayer contributes. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Law | One who relies on another for support, existence, aid. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Mining | Relying on another thing for support. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (of certain Irish irregular verbs): standing only after a preverbal particle. (references) | 2: [Adjective] Relying upon; depending upon At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition. (references) | 3: [Noun] (grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements modifiers and determiners. (references) | 4: [Noun] (Greek grammar) the aorist subjunctive form of a verb; or non-past, perfective form of a verb. (references) | 5: [Noun] (US) One who relies on another for support With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all ... (In British English, this meaning is spelt dependant.). (references) |
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Common Expressions: dependent
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Aid to Families with Dependent Children | Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) is the former name for a welfare program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Under the name Aid to Dependent Children (ADC), it was created by the Social Security Act of 1935 as part of the New Deal; the words "families with" were added to the name in 1960. (references) | ||
| Axiom of dependent choice | In mathematics, the axiom of dependent choice, denoted DC, is a weak form of the axiom of choice which is still sufficient to develop most of real analysis. Unlike the full axiom of choice (AC), DC is insufficient to prove (given ZF) that there is a nonmeasurable set of reals, or that there is a set of reals without the property of Baire or without the perfect set property. (references) | ||
| Calmodulin dependent kinase | Calmodulin dependent kinase (Camk) is a kinase enzyme. (references) | ||
| Dependent clause | A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Dependent covenant | One not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Dependent ML programming language | Dependent ML is an experimental functional programming language proposed by Frank Pfenning and Hongwei Xi. Dependent ML extends ML by a restricted notion of dependent types: types may dependent on static indices of type Nat. Dependent ML employs a constraint theorem prover to decide a strong equational theory over the index expressions. (references) | ||
| Dependent on | Determined by conditions or circumstances that follow. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Dependent personality disorder | Dependent personality disorder (DPD), formerly known as asthenic personality disorder, is a personality disorder that is characterised by a pervasive psychological dependence on other people. The difference between a 'dependent personality' and a 'dependent personality disorder' is somewhat subjective, which makes a diagnosis sensitive to cultural influences such as gender role expectations. (references) | ||
| Dependent upon | Determined by conditions or circumstances that follow. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Dependent variable | 1: (Math.), a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the independent variable. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: (statistics) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value depends on the independent variable; "if f(x)=y, y is the dependent variable". Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Dependent variable | In experimental design, a dependent variable is a variable dependent on another variable (called the independent variable). In simple terms the independent variable will cause an apparent change in the dependent variable, hence it needs a catalyst in order to change. (references) | ||
| Flags of dependent territories | This overview contains the flags of dependent territories. (references) | ||
| Frequency dependent selection | Frequency dependent selection is the term given to an evolutionary process where the fitness of a phenotype is dependent on the relative frequency of other phenotypes in a given population. In positive frequency dependent selection, the fitness of a phenotype increases as it becomes more common. In negative frequency dependent selection, the fitness of a phenotype decreases as it becomes more common. Frequency dependent selection is a particular mechanism of balancing selection. (references) | ||
| Spike timing dependent plasticity | Spike timing dependent plasticity (STDP) is a form of synaptic plasticity naturally occurring in neurons. The STDP is a highly non-linear phenomenon. It is believed to strengthen synapses that are activated within 20-40 ms before a postsynaptic spike, and to weaken those that are activated within a similar time window after the spike. This phenomenon has been observed in various preparations, with some variation in the time-window relevant for plasticity. (references) | ||
| United States Federal Income Tax Dependent Deduction | A personal exemption amount for each of the taxpayer, their spouse, and their child or dependent for purposes of calculating one's federal income tax was instituted in the 1950s. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: dependent
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Aid to Families with Dependent Children | Health | Financial assistance provided by the government to indigent families with dependent children who meet certain requirements as defined by the Social Security Act, Title IV, in the U.S. (references) | |
| Ca(2)-Calmodulin Dependent Protein Kinase | Health | An enzyme involved in neuron death. (references) | |
| Ca(2+)-Calmodulin Dependent Protein Kinase | Health | A calmodulin-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of proteins. This enzyme is also sometimes dependent on calcium. A wide range of proteins can act as acceptor, including vimentin, synapsin, glycogen synthase, myosin light chains, and the microtubule-associated proteins. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992, p277) EC 2.7.10.-. (references) | |
| Command-sponsored dependent | Military | (DOD) A dependent entitled to travel to overseas commands at Government expense and endorsed by the appropriate military commander to be present in a dependent's status. (references) | |
| Dependent areas | Military | This entry contains an alphabetical listing of all nonindependent entities associated in some way with a particular independent state. (references) | |
| Dependent Benefits | Administration | See Family Benefits. (references) | |
| Dependent care | Social Sciences | Provision of care for those who are young, ill, elderly or less able and dependent on another. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Dependent Child | Engineering | (For the pension plan). Your natural or adopted child, stepchild or foster child who is under age 23 and who qualifies as your dependent child for federal income tax purposes. (references) | |
| Dependent claim | Law | A claim which includes all the features of any other claim. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Dependent claim | Patents | A claim that refers back ("depends on") to and further limits a preceding dependent or independent claim. A dependent claim shall include every limitation of the claim from which it depends. (references) | |
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