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biconditional

[ bahy-kuhn-dish-uh-nl ]

adjective

Logic.
  1. (of a proposition) asserting that the existence or occurrence of one thing or event depends on, and is dependent on, the existence or occurrence of another, as “A if and only if B.”


biconditional

/ ˌɪəˈɪʃəə /

noun

  1. another name for equivalence
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of biconditional1

First recorded in 1935–40; bi- 1 + conditional

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