Physiological and/or psychological reliance on or addiction to a substance, which results from the recurrent use of the substance; characterized by mental and/or physical changes in the user, making it difficult to stop usage
If you talk about drug dependence or alcohol dependence, you are referring to a situation where someone is addicted to drugs or is an alcoholic. = addiction
An existing quarrel (A term used among swordsmen ) "Let us pause until I give you my opinion on this dependence for if we coolly examine the state of our dependence, we may the better apprehend whether the sisters three have doomed one of us to expiate the same with our blood " - Sir W Scott: The Monastery, chap xxi Depinges (2 syl ) or Deepings A breadth of netting to be sewed on a hoddy (net) to make it sufficiently large Sometimes the breadth is called a depth, and the act of sewing one depth on another is called deepening the net In 1574 the Dutch settlers at Yarmouth were required "to provide themselves with twine and depinges in foreign places "
a state in which a person is reliant on a drug Physical dependence is characterized by the onset of physical symptoms of withdrawal (e g , sweating, tremors) if a drug is abruptly stopped Psychological dependence (addiction) is a psychological syndrome characterized by drug craving, compulsive use and relapse after abstinence
A corollary of dominance; a situation in which the LDCs have to rely on developed-country domestic and international economic policy to stimulate their own economic growth Dependence can also mean that the LDCs adopt developed-country education systems, technology, economic and political systems, attitudes, consumption patterns, dress, etc
The internal, psychologically felt wish or yearning for emotional (vs instrumental or task oriented) support, care, comfort, attention, nurturance, and similar responses from significant others Dependence in PARTheory also refers to the actual behavioral bids individals make for such responsiveness For young children these bids may include clinging to parents, whining or crying when parents unexpectedly depart, and seeking physical proximity with them when they return Older children and adults may express their need for positive response more symbolically --especially in times of distress-- by seeking reassurance, approval, or support, as well as comfort, affection, or solace from people who are important to them--particularly from parents for youths, and from nonparental significant others for adults Dependence in PARTheory is construed as a continuum, with independence defining one end of the continuum and dependence the other (See personality subtheory)
You talk about the dependence of one thing on another when the first thing will be affected or determined by the second. the dependence of circulation on production
A corollary of dominance: A situation in which the LDC's have to rely on developed-country domestic and international economic policy to stimulate their own economic growth Dependence can also mean that the LDC's adopt developed (Western) education systems, technology, economic and political systems, attitudes, consumption patterns and dress etc
Your dependence on something or someone is your need for them in order to succeed or be able to survive. the city's traditional dependence on tourism = reliance
A relationship between two instructions that requires them to execute in program order Dependence is a property of a program See control dependence, data dependence, and name dependence
(n ) The relationship of a calculation B to a calculation A if changes to A, or to the ordering of A and B, could affect B If A and B are calculations in a program, for example, then B is dependent on A if B uses values calculated by A There are four types of dependence: true dependence, where B uses values calculated by A; antidependence, where A uses values overwritten by B; output dependence, where A and B both write to the same variables; control dependence, where B's execution is controlled by values set in A Dependence is also used in message routing to mean that some activity X cannot proceed until another activity Y has completed For example, if X and Y are messages attempting to pass through a region with limited buffer space, and Y currently holds some or all of the buffer, X may depend on Y releasing some buffer space before proceeding
A relationship between two different experimental results in which the first result does not directly influence the chances of the second result occurring, but instead, the two results are indirectly related because they are subject to influences from a common outside factor