I. kən-ˈdish-nəl, -ˈdi-shə-n ə l adjective
Date: 14th century
1. : subject to, implying, or dependent upon a condition
a conditional promise
2. : expressing, containing, or implying a supposition
the conditional clause if he speaks
3.
a. : true only for certain values of the variables or symbols involved
conditional equations
b. : stating the case when one or more random variables are fixed or one or more events are known
conditional frequency distribution
4.
a. : conditioned 2
conditional reflex
conditional response
b. : established by conditioning as the stimulus eliciting a conditional response
• con·di·tion·al·i·ty -ˌdi-shə-ˈna-lə-tē noun
• con·di·tion·al·ly -ˈdish-nə-lē, -ˈdi-shə-nə-lē adverb
II. noun
Date: 1828
1. : a conditional word, clause, verb form, or morpheme
2. : implication 2b