necessary condition

English

Noun

necessary condition (plural necessary conditions)

1. (logic) A statement Q in relation to statement P such that P implies Q.

   Antonym: sufficient condition

Translations

logical statement

• Finnish: välttämätön ehto
• French: condition nécessaire (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: notwendige Bedingung f, notwendiges Kriterium n
• Russian: необходи́мое усло́вие n (neobxodímoje uslóvije)

See also

• prerequisite
• sine qua non