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Conditional

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Conditional (if then) may refer to:

  • Causal conditional, if X then Y, where X is a cause of Y
  • Conditional probability, the probability of an event A given that another event B has occurred
  • Conditional proof, in logic: a proof that asserts a conditional, and proves that the antecedent leads to the consequent
  • Strict conditional, in philosophy, logic, and mathematics
  • Material conditional, in propositional calculus, or logical calculus in mathematics
  • Relevance conditional, in relevance logic
  • Conditional (computer programming), a statement or expression in computer programming languages
  • A conditional expression in computer programming languages such as ?:
  • Conditions in a contract

Grammar and linguistics

  • Conditional mood (or conditional tense), a verb form in many languages
  • Conditional sentence, a sentence type used to refer to hypothetical situations and their consequences
    • Indicative conditional, a conditional sentence expressing "if A then B" in a natural language
    • Counterfactual conditional, a conditional sentence indicating what would be the case if its antecedent were true

Other

  • Conditional jockey, an apprentice jockey in British or Irish National Hunt racing
  • Conditional short-circuit current
  • Conditional Value-at-Risk

See also

  • Condition (disambiguation)
  • Conditional statement (disambiguation)


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