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British East Africa
British East Africa inclusive historical term for several former British dependencies, especially Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, and Zanzibar. ... Read more
karate
karate Martial art popularized in Japan in the 1920s. It involves a method of physical and mental training, includes a variety of blows using the hand, legs, elbows and head. In competition, scoring depends on the finality of the blow.... Read more
smelting
smelting in metallurgy, any process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore. Smelting processes vary in detail depending on the nature of the ore and the metal involved, but they are typified in the use of the blast furnace . ... Read more
saprophyte
saprophyte , any plant that depends on dead plant or animal tissue for a source of nutrition and metabolic energy, e.g., most fungi (molds) and a few flowering plants, such as Indian pipe and some orchids. Most saprophytes do not produce chlorophyll and therefore do not photosynthesize; they are thu... Read more
Straits Settlements
Straits Settlements collective name for certain former British colonies in Southeast Asia. The three British East India Company territories of Pinang , Singapore , and Malacca (see Melaka ) were given a unified administration in 1826 and called the Straits Settlements. The company was dissolved ... Read more
amalgam
amalgam , alloy containing mercury . The alloy may be liquid or solid, depending on the proportion of mercury, although all naturally occurring amalgams, i.e., those of gold and silver, are solid. Amalgams are widely used. Silver, gold, and copper amalgams are used in dentistry, and tin amalgam i... Read more
cannabis
cannabis (kan-ă-bis) n. a drug prepared from the Indian hemp plant (Cannabis sativa), also known as pot, marijuana, hashish, and bhang. It produces euphoria and hallucinations and has little therapeutic value; its nonmedical use is illegal. See also dependence.... Read more
Franz von Defregger
Franz von Defregger , 1835-1921, Austrian genre and historical painter. He studied in Munich with Piloty. He is known for his popular pictures of Tyrolean life, which depend largely for their interest on their fine characterization and humor. Good examples are The Last Summons and Zither Player ... Read more
Ross Island
Ross Island in the Ross Sea , Antarctica , on the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. Part of the Ross Dependency, the island is separated from Victoria Land by McMurdo Sound. Mt. Erebus , an active volcano, and Mt. Terror are on the island. ... Read more
logic circuit
logic circuit electric circuit whose output depends upon the input in a way that can be expressed as a function in symbolic logic ; it has one or more binary inputs (capable of assuming either of two states, e.g., "on" or "off" ) and a single binary output. Logic circuits that perform parti... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "dependency"

Dependency
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Dependency The term dependency is most commonly used to describe a situation wherein one person...dependent upon a substance rather than a person, as in chemical dependency. Other uses of the dependency concept in social science include...
Disease concept of chemical dependency
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders ...disorder (such as chemical dependency) is like a disease and has...inferred that other chemical dependencies may also have biological...further suggest that chemical dependencies may have a medical (biological...disease concept of chemical dependency is gaining worldwide acceptance...
Dependency Theory
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Dependency Theory In the early 1950s, a group of economists...policy prescriptions for a new generation of dependency school theorists that emerged during the 1960s and 1970s. At heart, most dependency theorists saw the problem of underdevelopment...
Dependency Ratio
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health DEPENDENCY RATIO The ratio of persons who are economically dependent...either by earning incomes or paying taxes, is known as the dependency ratio. In demographic terms, the dependency ratio is defined as the proportion of those aged under...
Protectorates and Dependencies
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Protectorates and Dependencies. By 1898, when the...its territories and dependencies, the United States...nevertheless became its dependency after Spain relinquished...of Cuba's U.S. dependency. Puerto Rico. U...
United Kingdom African Dependencies
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations UNITED KINGDOM AFRICAN DEPENDENCIES In November 1965, the United Kingdom...Chagos Archipelago (formerly a dependency of Mauritius). Aldabra, Farquhar...1814. It was administered as a dependency of Mauritius until 1965. Initially...
United Kingdom American Dependencies
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations UNITED KINGDOM AMERICAN DEPENDENCIES Bermuda is a colony consisting of some 300 coral islands (20...Gazette . Created on 3 March 1962 from former Falkland Islands dependencies, the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) lies south of 60...
Ross Dependency
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Ross Dependency Region of Antarctica that includes Ross Island, the coast along the Ross Sea and nearby islands. It has been under the jurisdiction...
French American Dependencies
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations FRENCH AMERICAN DEPENDENCIES Located on the northeast coast of South America, and extending from 1 ° 30 ′ to 5 ° 30 ′ n...
Netherlands American Dependencies
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations NETHERLANDS AMERICAN DEPENDENCIES The five islands of the Netherlands Antilles are divided geographically into two groups: the Leeward Islands (Benedenwindse Eilanden...

Dictionary entries related to "dependency"

Dependency
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas DEPENDENCY. During the 1960s and 1970s, Latin American dependency theorists produced an important challenge to modernization...perpetuation of these inequalities. At the same time, dependency theorists were unable to break completely from the...
dependency theory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology dependency theory A set of theories which maintained...dependence on the advanced capitalist world. Dependency theories developed in opposition to...evolved within the broad framework of dependency theory, ranging from the stagnationism...
dependency ratio
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology dependency ratio A simple indicator of the age...to 1.00. Early definitions of the dependency ratio refer to the total number of young...economic burden of ageing populations, the dependency ratio is defined as the total number...
data dependency
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing data dependency A situation in which an instruction is dependent on a result from a...performance processors employing pipeline or superscalar techniques, a data dependency will introduce a disruption in the smooth operation of a processor pipeline...
dependency
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English de·pend·en·cy / diˈpendənsē / • n. ( pl. -cies ) 1. a dependent or subordinate thing, esp. a country or province controlled by another. 2. dependence: the country's dependency on the oil industry.
functional dependency
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing functional dependency See normal forms .
high-dependency unit
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing high-dependency unit ( HDU ) (hy-di- pen -dăn-si) n. a unit in a hospital that offers specialist nursing care and monitoring...
vitamin B1 dependency syndromes
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition vitamin B1 dependency syndromes A very small number of children have been reported with a variant form of maple syrup urine disease which responds to supplements of large amounts of vitamin B 1 .
vitamin B6 dependency syndromes
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition vitamin B6 dependency syndromes A very small number of children suffer from genetic diseases affecting enzymes which require pyridoxal phosphate ( vitamin B6 ) as coenzyme. The abnormality is corrected by the administration of large supplements of vitamin B 6 .
normal forms
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing ...definition. A functional dependency thus exists only within a...it contains no functional dependencies among its nonkey attributes...database design, the functional dependencies usually being a reflection...the concept of multivalued dependency and fifth normal form that...

Thesaurus entries related to "dependency"

dependency
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English dependency • noun   1. his dependency on his mother synonyms : dependence, reliance. See depend 2.   2. the children's utter dependency synonyms : dependence, helplessness, defenselessness...
colony
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus colony • noun   1. a French colony synonyms : settlement, dependency, protectorate, satellite, territory, outpost, province.   2. an artists' colony synonyms : community, commune; quarter, district, ghetto.
dependence
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus dependence • noun  See dependency.
dominion
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...sway, rule, government, jurisdiction, sovereignty, suzerainty. See note at jurisdiction.   2. a British dominion synonyms : dependency, colony, protectorate, territory, province, possession; historical tributary.
habit
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...inclination, bent, proclivity, disposition, predisposition.   3. his cocaine habit synonyms : addiction, dependence, dependency, craving, fixation, compulsion, obsession, weakness; informal monkey on one's back.   4. a monk's habit...
possession
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...stuff, bits and pieces; luggage, baggage; informal gear, junk.   4. colonial possessions synonyms : colony, dependency, territory, holding, protectorate. phrase: take possession of  they were under orders to take possession of...
reliance
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus reliance • noun   1. reliance on the state synonyms : dependence, dependency.   2. reliance on his own judgment synonyms : trust, confidence, faith, belief, conviction.
addiction
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus addiction • noun   1. his heroin addiction synonyms : dependency, dependence, habit, problem.   2. a slavish addiction to fashion synonyms : devotion to, dedication to, obsession...
addictive
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus addictive • adjective  an addictive prescription drug synonyms : habit-forming, addicting; causing dependency.
abuse
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...calling; invective, vilification, vituperation, slander; informal trash talk; archaic contumely. antonyms: compliments, flattery.   5. alcohol abuse synonyms : addiction, dependency, overuse, misuse, problems.

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Dependency and choice: the two faces of Eve.
Magazine article from: Social Justice; 3/22/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...distorted. - Elizabeth Douvan (1963). Dependency - as in "the deep, dark pit of welfare dependency"(1) - is the dirtiest word in the...abortion - is not so generally reviled as dependency, though it does spark more violent controversy...
Negotiating the Dependency/Nurturance Tightrope: Dilemmas of Motherhood and Disability*
Magazine article from: The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...mothers a tightrope of nurturance and dependency. On the one hand, good mothers should...challenges to women with disabilities whose dependency on male partners can bring vulnerability to abuse, while dependency on the state can result in poverty...
Welfare dependency: the need for a historical critique: understanding the social origins and developments of 'dependency' can help to destigmatise welfare recipients.
Magazine article from: Arena Magazine; 8/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...charge is supporting a culture of 'dependency'. The problem with welfare is that...sense of social worth and equality. Dependency is the inevitable result ... unconditional...must be taken seriously. The idea of 'dependency' is at the centre of all critiques...
Statistical dependency parsing of four treebanks.
Magazine article from: Informatica; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; Multilingual dependency parsing is gaining popularity in recent years for several reasons. Dependency structures are more adequate for languages...notion. There is a growing availability of dependency treebanks for new languages. Broad coverage...
Technology Transfer Induced Technological Dependency in an Electric Power Plant: Effects on Efficiency, Reliability and Flexibility
Magazine article from: Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...technological dependency: technology...and acquisition dependencies. Each manifest...incorporates one attitude dependency component with...acquisition attitude dependencies. The elements...technological dependency assessment (TDA...incorporates three dependencies, resource, ...
Identification of purchase dependencies in retail sale.
Magazine article from: International Journal of Strategic Management; 8/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...to extract these dependencies. The paper also...rule for purchase dependency in decision support...depicts any purchase dependency. Examples of purchase dependencies from a case in...Keywords: Purchase Dependency, Retail, Data...
The case for our widespread dependency.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Social Theory and Practice; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Subject of Care: Feminist Perspectives on Dependency (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield...We must take account of the fact of dependency in our very conceptions of the self...sublime experience without facing human dependency head-on" (10-11). Their collection...
Using imagery to predict weightlifting dependency in men.
Magazine article from: International Journal of Men's Health; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...significantly predicted weightlifting dependency, accounting for 32.8% of the total...amount of variance in weightlifting dependency, followed by appearance and technique...weightlifters, imagery, exercise dependency, weight training...
Negotiating the dependency/nurturance tightrope: dilemmas of motherhood and disability *.
Magazine article from: The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...women a tightrope upon which to balance dependency and nurturance. On the one hand, these...should be dependent, so long as that dependency is evidenced through a relationship...1996). The tightrope of nurturance/dependency is particularly difficult to negotiate...
Dependency: the unknown battlefield.(In Practice)
Magazine article from: Florida Bar News; 9/15/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...frequently made to the attorneys who work in dependency law. I am a managing attorney for the...cases arising out of adjudications of dependency and termination of parental fights orders...and Families. Although I have called dependency "The Unknown Battlefield," it is...