DEPENDENT UPON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dependent upon mean? 

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

1. being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPENDENT UPON (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 visualization of body structures is dependent upon the distribution and elimination of iothalamate meglumine.

(Iothalamate Meglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

The visualization of body structures is dependent upon the distribution and elimination of iopamidol.

(Iopamidol, NCI Thesaurus)

Integrin signaling is dependent upon the non-receptor tyrosine kinase activities of the FAK and src proteins as well as the adaptor protein functions of FAK, src and Shc to initiate downstream signaling events.

(Focal Adhesion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Each ssDNA molecule will assume a secondary structure (conformation) dependent upon its unique sequence.

(Conformation Dependent Mutation Detection, NCI Thesaurus/OSP)

The visualization of body structures is dependent upon the distribution and elimination of iothalamate sodium.

(Iothalamate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

The visualization of body structures is dependent upon the distribution and elimination of ioxaglate meglumine.

(Ioxaglate Meglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

Rapid fluctuations in scattering intensity, around a mean value at a certain angle, occur because of particle diffusion and are dependent upon on particle size.

(Photon Correlation Spectroscopy, NCI Thesaurus)

Cancer that is not dependent upon the presence of estrogen for metastasis or growth. 2005

(Nonestrogen-Dependent Cancer, NCI Thesaurus)

The visualization of body structures is dependent upon the distribution and elimination of ioxaglate sodium.

(Ioxaglate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Subject to, implying, or dependent upon something else; not absolute.

(Conditional, NCI Thesaurus)