Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biconditional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: bi-con-di-tion-al
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having two conditions

noun

An "if and only if" conditional wherein the truth of each term depends on the truth of the other

Example Sentences

"Although (MR) is discussed here as simply (CP ), in actuality (MR) is a biconditional of which one part is (CP )."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English conditional English biconditional From bi- + conditional.

Inflected Forms

biconditionals (plural)

Derived Forms

biconditionality biconditionally

Questions

What does biconditional mean?: Having two conditions
Where does biconditional come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English conditional English biconditional From bi- + conditional.

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