[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dependency \depend"ency\, n.; pl. dependencies.
   1. state of being dependent; dependence; state of being
      subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection;
      reliance; trust.
      1913 webster

            any long series of action, the parts of which have
            very much dependency each on the other. --sir j.
                                                  reynolds.
      1913 webster

            so that they may acknowledge their dependency on the
            crown of england.                     --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. a thing hanging down; a dependence.
      1913 webster

   3. that which is attached to something else as its
      consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.
      1913 webster

            this earth and its dependencies.      --t. burnet.
      1913 webster

            modes i call such complex ideas which . . . are
            considered as dependencies on or affections of
            substances.                           --locke.
      1913 webster

   4. a territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it
      belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, great
      britain has its dependencies in asia, africa, and america.
      1913 webster

   note: dependence is more used in the abstract, and dependency
         in the concrete. the latter is usually restricted in
         meaning to 3 and 4.
         1913 webster
see also:
dependencies 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dependency
     n 1: lack of independence or self-sufficiency syn: dependence,
           dependance
     2: being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that
        is psychologically or physically habit-forming especially
        alcohol or narcotic drugs syn: addiction, dependence,
         habituation
     3: a geographical area politically controlled by a distant
        country syn: colony
see also:
dependence dependance addiction habituation colony 

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