conditional proposition

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• Conditional — Con*di tion*al, a. [L. conditionalis.] 1. Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise. [1913 Webster] Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• conditional — /kənˈdɪʃənəl / (say kuhn dishuhnuhl) adjective 1. imposing, containing, or depending on a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms: a conditional agreement; a conditional jail sentence. 2. Grammar (of a sentence,… …  

• conditional — conditionality, n. conditionally, adv. /keuhn dish euh nl/, adj. 1. imposing, containing, subject to, or depending on a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or allowed on certain terms: conditional acceptance. 2. Gram. (of a sentence,… …   Universalium

• conditional — [kən dish′ən əl] adj. 1. a) containing, implying, or dependent on a condition or conditions; qualified; not absolute [a conditional award] b) Logic designating or including a compound proposition that has the form “if p, then q,” in which p and q …   English World dictionary

• Conditional — Con*di tion*al, n. 1. A limitation. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition. [1913 Webster] Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. L. H. Atwater. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Conditional proof — A conditional proof is a proof that takes the form of asserting a conditional, and proving that the antecedent of the conditional necessarily leads to the consequent. The assumed antecedent of a conditional proof is called the conditional proof… …   Wikipedia

• Conditional event algebra — A conditional event algebra (CEA) is an algebraic structure whose domain consists of logical objects described by statements of forms such as If A, then B, B, given A, and B, in case A. Unlike the standard Boolean algebra of events, a CEA allows… …   Wikipedia

• Conditional Rebate — A conditional rebate is a sales based promotion used typically by retailers to further increase their sales, generate traffic and create publicity. With this specific type of rebate, a company typically offers a certain amount of their product,… …   Wikipedia

• conditional — Any proposition of the form ‘if p then q ’. The condition hypothesized, p, is called the antecedent of the conditional, and q the consequent. Various kinds of conditional have been distinguished. The weakest is that of material implication,… …   Philosophy dictionary

• conditional — con•di•tion•al [[t]kənˈdɪʃ ə nl[/t]] adj. 1) imposing, containing, subject to, or depending on a condition; not absolute: conditional acceptance[/ex] 2) gram. (of a sentence, clause, mood, or word) involving or expressing a condition, as the… …   From formal English to slang

• categorical proposition — Traditionally a proposition that is not a conditional . As with the affirmative and negative, modern opinion is wary of the distinction, since what appears categorical may vary with the choice of a primitive vocabulary and notation. Apparently… …   Philosophy dictionary