We recently expanded our research facility in Antarctica in the hope of developing cheap, renewable sources of energy that we might eliminate the world's reliance on fossil fuels.
(n) certainty based on past experience, Syn. trust, Example:he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists; he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun
n. [ From Rely. ] 1. The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]
In reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ワープロばか, wa-puro baka] (n) { comp } someone whose kanji-writing ability has suffered due to overreliance on the kana-to-kanji conversion systems used to input Japanese text on a computer