dependant

Adjective

dependent (comparative more dependent, superlative most dependent)

1. Relying upon; depending upon.
   • At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.
2. Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
   • The formula for finding the probability of one event followed by a dependent event is written P(A, B) = P(A) × P(B/A) where P(B/A) is read “the probability of B given A.”1994, Kathryn Stout, Maximum Math, page 217
3. Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
4. Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
   • Several groups have shown that the gravitational distribution of pleural pressure is much more uniform when animals are in a prone rather than in a supine position, […] After volume-infusion-induced pulmonary oedema, Ppl was positive in the dependent lung regions in supine animals but much less...2008 February 17, Umberto Lucangelo, Paolo Pelosi, Walter A. Zin, Andrea Aliverti, Respiratory System and Artificial Ventilation, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 198
5. Hanging down.
   • a dependent bough or leaf

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