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DEPENDING ON
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
Example:
arms sales contingent on the approval of congress
Synonyms:
contingent; contingent on; contingent upon; dependant on; dependant upon; dependent on; dependent upon; depending on
Classified under:
Similar:
conditional (imposing or depending on or containing a condition)
Context examples:
Depending on how these "doughnuts" are oriented in space, the black holes will take on various appearances.
(NASA's WISE findings poke hole in black hole 'Doughnut' theory, NASA)
The material expelled by the star glows with different colors depending on its composition, its density and how close it is to the hot central star.
(Hubble Views a Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star, NASA)
This balance is, however, depending on the stability provided by the Ross Island pinning point, which the new study identifies as a point of future vulnerability.
(Rapid melting of the world’s largest ice shelf linked to solar heat in the ocean, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Depending on how these galactic nuclei are oriented and what sort of material surrounds them, they appear very different when examined with telescopes.
(Black Holes Hide in Our Cosmic Backyard, NASA)
The current study involving retinitis pigmentosa underscores the notion that the complement system may in fact exacerbate or curb retinal degeneration depending on the context.
(Immune system can slow degenerative eye disease, National Institutes of Health)
Saturn's icy moons range in size depending on their proximity to the planet — the farther from the planet, the larger.
(Possible New Moon Forming Around Saturn, NASA)
Depending on the sugars added, there are four common O-glycan core structures, cores 1 through 4, and an additional four, cores 5 though 8.
(O-Glycan Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
The researchers also discovered major differences in the amount of the toxic product detected, depending on the type of outlet selling the socks.
(Nine out of ten pairs of baby socks on the market contain traces of bisphenol A and parabens, University of Granada)
Depending on the characteristics of the radionuclide used, CEA-expressing tumor cells may then be radioimaged and/or treated radioimmunotherapeutically.
(Anti-CEA/Anti-HSG Bispecific Monoclonal Antibody TF2, NCI Thesaurus)
The target killing of a cell depending on antibody recognition.
(Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity, NCI Thesaurus)
