คำว่า ' dependence ' ( N )
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คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[n.] The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.
[n.] The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause).
[n.] Mutu/// /onnection and support; concatenation; systematic ///er relation.
[n.] Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's self.
[n.] A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.
[n.] That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence.
[n.] That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else.
[n.] A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel.