Subject to, implying, or dependent upon a condition - stating the case when one or more random variables are fixed or one or more events are known.
Agreement . . . . Stipulation . . . . Provision . . . . Contingency . . . . Prerequisite . . . . Implication . . . . Expressing, containing, or implying a supposition . . . . Premise upon which the fulfillment of an agreement depends.
Something essential to the appearance or occurence of something else . . . . Restricting or modifying factor . . . . Qualification.
Fitness or readiness for use - To adapt, modify, or mold so as to conform to an environing culture . . . . To modify so that an act or response previously associated with one stimulus becomes associated with another.
R E F E R E N C E S
1 Condition n [ME condicion, fr FM, fr. L condicion-, condicio terms of agreement, condition, fr. condicere to agree, fr. com- + dicere to say, determine -more at Diction] [14c] 1a: a premise upon which the fulfillment of an agreement depends: Stipulation b obs: Convenant c: a provision making the effect of a legal instrument contingent upon an uncertain event, also: the event itself 2: something essential to the appearance or occurence of something else: Prerequisite as a: an environmental requirement [available oxygen is an essential __ for animal life] b: the subordinate clause of a conditional sentence 3a: a restricting or modifying factor: Qualification b: an unsatisfactory academic grade that may be raised by doing additional work 4a: a state of being b: social status: Rank c: a usu. defective state of health [a serious heart __] d: a state of physical fitness or readiness for use [the car was in good __] [exercising to get into __] c pl: attendant circumstances 5a: obs: temper of mind b obs: Trait c pl. archaic. Manners, Ways
2 Condition; Conditioned; Conditioning vb archaic. to make stipulations. . . . 5a: to adapt, modify, or mold so as to conform to an environing culture b: to modify so that an act or response previously associated with one stimulus becomes associated with another
1 Conditional adj [14c] 1: subject to implying, or dependent upon a condition [1a __ promise] 2: expressing, containing, or implying a supposition [the __ clause if he speaks] 3a: true only for certain values of the variables or symbols involved [ __ equations] b: stating the case when one or more random variables are fixed or one or more events are known [__ frequency distribution] 4a: Conditioned 2 [ __ reflex] [ __ response] b: established by conditioning as the stimulus eliciting a conditional response
2 Conditional n [1828] 1: a conditional word, clause, verb from, or morpheme 2: Implication 2b
[Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition. Springfield, MA, USA: Merriam-Webster, Inc. 1995.]
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