biconditional
/ˌbaɪkənˈdɪʃənəl/
noun
- A logical statement that connects two conditions with 'if and only if,' meaning both are true or both are false.
- To solve the puzzle, you need to understand the biconditional linking the two clues.
- In math class, we learned that a biconditional is true only when both parts have the same truth value.
- The teacher wrote a biconditional on the board: 'A shape is a square if and only if it has four equal sides and four right angles.'
Synonyms
adjective
- Relating to or being a logical statement that works both ways, with two conditions that imply each other.
- In logic, a biconditional statement is often written with a double arrow.
- A biconditional relationship means that if one event happens, the other must also happen.
- The programmer used a biconditional operator to check if both inputs were equal.