Dependency vs. Dependancy — Which is Correct Spelling?
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Which is correct: Dependency or Dependancy
How to spell Dependency?
Dependency
Correct Spelling
Dependancy
Incorrect Spelling
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Dependency Definitions
A country or province controlled by another
The islands became dependencies of Norway and Denmark
Dependence
The country's dependency on the oil industry
Something dependent or subordinate.
A minor territory under the jurisdiction of a government.
A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
Frank's sullen dependency was driving his father nuts.
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Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:
In the United States' governmental structure, the military is conceived as a dependency under the executive branch.
A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.
(computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
This library has dependencies on a lot of other libraries. We have to compile all of those other libraries first.
(computing) An external component whose functionality is relied on.
One of this library's dependencies is very finicky. It can be hard to get it to compile on some systems.
State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.
Any long series of action, the parts of which have very much dependency each on the other.
So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown of England.
A thing hanging down; a dependence.
That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.
This earth and its dependencies.
Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are considered as dependencies on or affections of substances.
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.
Lack of independence or self-sufficiency
Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
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