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Biconditional vs Iff - What's the difference?

biconditional | iff |

As an adjective biconditional

is having two conditions.

As a noun biconditional

is (logic) an "if and only if" conditional wherein the truth of each term depends on the truth of the other.

As an initialism iff is

interchange file format, a file format standard developed for amiga computers.

biconditional

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having two conditions

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (logic) An "if and only if" conditional wherein the truth of each term depends on the truth of the other
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    • , passage=Although (MR) is discussed here as simply (CP ), in actuality (MR) is a biconditional of which one part is (CP ). }}

    See also

    * (wikipedia "biconditional")

    iff

    English

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • (mathematics, logic) if and only if; used to show that the truth values of two statements are the same.

    • Related terms

    * if

    See also

    * formal logic