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Phrases 48
- conditional probabilityThe probability that an event will take place given the restrictive assumption that another event has taken place, or that a combination of other events has taken place. (Mathematically, the definition would be that the conditional …
- Conditional use
- conditional probability distributionThe probability distribution of a random variable given the known outcome of another random variable.
- conditional sentenceA sentence discussing factual implications or hypothetical situations and their consequences. A full conditional sentence contains two clauses: the condition or protasis, and the consequence or apodosis.
- present conditionalThe present tense in the conditional mood.
- conditional perfectA combination of the conditional mood and the perfect tense, roughly corresponding to English 'I would have...'
- relevance conditionalA subordinate clause, usually introduced by if, that asserts the relevance of the clause to the main clause of the sentence, but not that it entails the main clause; a construction involving such a clause.
- conditional proofA proof showing that if an assumption A is true then a consequent statement or conclusion B must also be true, i.e. B is true on the condition that A is true.
- conditional tenseThe conditional mood.
- conditional operatorsynonym of ternary operator: An operator taking three operands, specifically the operator ?: used in many programming languages to select one of two values depending on a third value.
- first conditionalA structure used to convey possible events in the present or future, containing an if clause (with a verb in the present tense) and a main clause (with the future expressed by will + an infinitive verb).
- material conditionalA type of conditional statement used in formal logic and defined as true whenever its antecedent is false or its consequent is true, and false when its antecedent is true and its consequent is false.
- mixed conditionalAny of various conditional structures containing an if clause and a main clause and that is not the zero, first, second, or third conditional.
- second conditionalA structure used to convey about improbable or impossible events in the present or future, containing an if clause (with a verb in the simple past) and a main clause (with would + an infinite verb).
- third conditionalA structure used to convey unreal or unfulfilled events in the past, containing an if clause (with a verb in the past perfect) and a main clause (with would + the bare perfect infinitive of a verb).
- zero conditionalA structure used to convey general truths or facts, containing an if clause (with a verb in the present tense) and a main clause (with a verb in the present tense).
- conditional entropyThe portion of a random variable's own Shannon entropy which is independent from another, given, random variable.
- conditional clauseA dependent clause that expresses a condition, typically introduced by if, unless, or similar subordinators, which must be met for the action in the main clause to occur.
- conditional feeA fee granted on condition, or limited to particular heirs; the estate of a mortgagee of land, possession of which is conditional on payment.
- conditional moodA form of the verb used to signify that something is contingent upon the outcome of something else.
- conditional sentencesplural of conditional sentence: A sentence discussing factual implications or hypothetical situations and their consequences. A full conditional sentence contains two clauses: the condition or protasis, and the consequence or apodosis.
- strict conditionalSynonym of strict implication: A material implication that is acted upon by the necessity operator from modal logic.
- indicative conditionalA type of conditional statement in natural language that expresses a relationship between two propositions, and used to convey the situation where the truth of one proposition (the antecedent) suggests or implies the truth of another …
- conditional probabilitiesplural of conditional probability: The probability that an event will take place given the restrictive assumption that another event has taken place, or that a combination of other events has taken place. (Mathematically, the definition …
- conditional probability distributionsplural of conditional probability distribution: The probability distribution of a random variable given the known outcome of another random variable.
Compound words 12
- conditionaliseAlternative form of conditionalize: To make conditional.
- conditionalismThe doctrine that salvation after death is conditional
- conditionalistA believer in conditionalism.
- conditionalnessConditionality.
- multiconditionalOf or relating to more than one condition.
- nonconditionalNot conditional.
- postconditionalRelating to a postcondition.
- preconditionalRelating to a precondition.
- semiconditionalPartially conditional
- inconditionalunconditional