conditional relation

1. 1.

   a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false

   Synonymsimplicationlogical implication

   Broaderlogical relation

Questions about conditional relation

What does conditional relation mean?

conditional relation means "a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false".

What is another word for conditional relation?

Close synonyms include implication, logical implication. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is conditional relation a common word?

conditional relation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.