I am trying to come up with a word that means something is intended to be used with something else, like "proprietary" without the legal connotation, for example after-market car parts. They're not proprietary, but they will only fit an '89 Cutlass, etc.
"Intended" is too broad, "integrated", "co-engineered", "related", "matching", "custom" all miss the mark.
"The Widget Co fasteners only work with these hinges, they're proprietary".
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Thanks FumbleFingers for "dedicated to/specifically made for", that is the right idea. I want to boil it to one word (if it's out there) to use in as a bullet point or – if I'm lucky – a mnemonic.
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I would use specialized. "The Widget Co fasteners are specialized for these hinges, they work only with them" or "The Widget Co fasteners work only with these hinges, they're specialized".