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INTERDEPENDENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does interdependent mean?
• INTERDEPENDENT (adjective)
The adjective INTERDEPENDENT has 1 sense:
1. mutually dependent
Familiarity information: INTERDEPENDENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mutually dependent
Synonyms:
interdependent; mutualist; mutually beneficial
Similar:
dependent (relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed)
Derivation:
interdepend (be connected)
interdependence; interdependency (a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups))
Context examples
Interdependent positional signaling by the apical ectodermal ridge, the posterior mesenchyme zone of polarizing activity, and the non ridge ectoderm coordinate limb bud outgrowth and patterning, Limb Development, by migrated lateral plate mesoderm and somite cells.
(Limb Development, NCI Thesaurus)
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