Existing or possessing a specified characteristic only in comparison to something else; not absolute or independent.

figurative. Directly dependent. Obsolete.

That depends on something else; having its existence contingent on, or conditioned by, the existence of something else. dependent differentiation…

Relating to, or of the nature of, dependence.

metaphorical That does not exist of itself, but in dependence on something else.

That depends on something else; contingent, conditioned, etc.; dependent.

Dependent upon, or determined by, an antecedent condition.