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Definition of Conditional

Conditional
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. Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared. --Bp. Warburton. 2. (Gram. & Logic) Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. --Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. --J. S. Mill.
Conditional
Conditional Con*di"tion*al, n. 1. A limitation. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition. Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. --L. H. Atwater.

Meaning of Conditional from wikipedia

- Look up conditional in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Conditional (if then) may refer to: Causal conditional, if X then Y, where X is a cause of Y Conditional...
- In political economy and international relations, conditionality is the use of conditions attached to the provision of benefits such as a loan, debt relief...
- Strict conditional Variably strict conditional Relevance conditional A conditional sentence in natural language, including: Indicative conditional Counterfactual...
- In probability theory, the conditional expectation, conditional expected value, or conditional mean of a random variable is its expected value evaluated...
- In computer science, conditionals (that is, conditional statements, conditional expressions and conditional constructs) are programming language constructs...
- In probability theory, conditional probability is a measure of the probability of an event occurring, given that another event (by ****umption, presumption...
- A conditional proof is a proof that takes the form of ****erting a conditional, and proving that the antecedent of the conditional necessarily leads to...
- The conditional mood (abbreviated cond) is a grammatical mood used in conditional sentences to express a proposition whose validity is dependent on some...
- Conditional sentences are natural language sentences that express one thing is contingent on something else, e.g., "If it rains, the picnic will be cancelled...
- Counterfactual conditionals (also contrafactual, subjunctive or X-marked) are conditional sentences which discuss what would have been true under different...