conditional

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conditional (plural conditionals)

  1. (grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
  2. (grammar) The conditional mood.
  3. (logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
    "A implies B" is a conditional.
    • L. H. Atwater
      Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals.
  4. (computing, programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
    if and while are conditionals in some programming languages.
  5. (obsolete) A limitation.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

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conditional (not comparable)

  1. Depending on a condition.
  2. (logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is.
    "A implies B" is a conditional statement.

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