if and only if
English
Conjunction
if and only if
- (logic, mathematics) Is equivalent to; implies and is implied by; is true and false in the same cases as.
- A rectangle is a square if and only if all four of its sides have the same length.
- An integer is even if and only if its square is also even.
Hypernyms
- logical connective
Related terms
- if
- if and when
- iff
- only if
- ↔, ⇔
Translations
implies and is implied by
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