biconditional

biconditional

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Italic *dwi-
Latin bi-bor.
English bi-
English conditional
English biconditional

    From bi- + conditional.

    Adjective

    biconditional (not comparable)

    1. Having two conditions

    Derived terms

    Noun

    biconditional (plural biconditionals)

    1. (logic) An "if and only if" conditional wherein the truth of each term depends on the truth of the other
      • 2008 January 3, Anand Vaidya, “Modal Rationalism and Modal Monism”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 2, →DOI:
        Although (MR) is discussed here as simply (CP ), in actuality (MR) is a biconditional of which one part is (CP ).

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