conditional

conditional
I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. subject to, implying, or dependent upon a condition <
a conditional promise
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2. expressing, containing, or implying a supposition <
the conditional clause if he speaks
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3. a. true only for certain values of the variables or symbols involved <
conditional equations
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b. stating the case when one or more random variables are fixed or one or more events are known <
conditional frequency distribution
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4. a. conditioned 2 <
conditional reflex
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<
conditional response
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b. established by conditioning as the stimulus eliciting a conditional response • conditionality nounconditionally adverb II. noun Date: 1828 1. a conditional word, clause, verb form, or morpheme 2. implication 2b

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  • conditional — ► ADJECTIVE 1) subject to one or more conditions being met. 2) (of a clause, phrase, conjunction, or verb form) expressing a condition. ► NOUN ▪ the conditional mood of a verb, for example should in if I should die. DERIVATIVES conditionality… …   English terms dictionary

  • conditional — late 14c., condicionel, from O.Fr. condicionel (Mod.Fr. conditionnel), from L. conditionalis, from condicionem (see CONDITION (Cf. condition)). Related: Conditionally …   Etymology dictionary

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