(geography) The number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.

(databases) An attribute of a relation that depends on a key but also on a third attribute which is not a key; this is a violation of third normal form.

plural of dependency grammar

(grammar) Any of a class of grammars based on the dependency relation (as opposed to the constituency relation), in which words are interconnected by directed links, and the (finite) verb is regarded as the centre of clause structure.

Alternative spelling of interdependent

(computing, colloquial) The situation when installed software packages have conflicting, incompatible dependencies on specific versions of other software packages.

An Antarctic region claimed as a dependent territory by New Zealand, lying between 160° E and 150° W, and south of 60° S.

plural of chemical dependency

plural of dependency culture

plural of dependency ratio