DEPENDENT ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dependent on mean? 

• DEPENDENT ON (adjective)
  The adjective DEPENDENT ON has 1 sense:

1. being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow

  Familiarity information: DEPENDENT ON used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPENDENT ON (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow

Synonyms:

contingent; contingent on; contingent upon; dependant on; dependant upon; dependent on; dependent upon; depending on

Context example:

arms sales contingent on the approval of congress

Similar:

conditional (imposing or depending on or containing a condition)

 Context examples 

The clinical prognosis is dependent on effectively treating and preventing infection.

(Chronic Granulomatous Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

The activity of each form is dependent on the local intracellular pH.

(Ceramide Signaling Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Relating to the examination and treatment of patients dependent on direct observation.

(Clinical, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX1 protein, is involved in the regulation of processes that are dependent on the alteration of RNA secondary structure.

(DDX1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Dihydrotestosterone therapy is intended to activate various biochemical processes that are dependent on the steroid.

(Dihydrotestosterone Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

Apoptosis was found to be dependent on caspase activity because the pan-caspase inhibitor benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp(OMe)-fluoromethylketone blocks cephalostatin 1-mediated DNA fragmentation.

(Cephalostatin, NCI Thesaurus)

MAP2 affinity appears to be dependent on PKA phosphorylation of MAP2.

(Centrosome Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Its shape is dependent on a location parameter, which specifies the peak of the curve, and a scale parameter which specifies the half-width at half-maximum.

(Cauchy Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)

Cefdinir's effect is dependent on its binding to penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) located in the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane.

(Cefdinir, NCI Thesaurus)

Cefpodoxime's effect is dependent on its binding to penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) located in the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane.

(Cefpodoxime, NCI Thesaurus)