"biconditional" meaning in English

See biconditional in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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  1. Having two conditions Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: biconditionality, biconditionally
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Noun

Forms: biconditionals [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English conditional English biconditional From bi- + conditional. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|bi-|conditional|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English conditional English biconditional [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "bi-", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "two", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "two", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dwóh₁", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dwi-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dwi-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "bi-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bi-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "conditional", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "biconditional", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="biconditional"> From bi- + conditional. Head templates: {{en-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
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