necessary condition

English

Noun

necessary condition (plural necessary conditions)

1. (logic) A statement Q in relation to statement P such that P implies Q.

Coordinate terms

• sufficient condition

Translations

logical statement

• Arabic: شَرْط ضَرُورِيّ m (šarṭ ḍarūriyy)
• Dutch: noodzakelijke voorwaarde f
• Finnish: välttämätön ehto
• French: condition nécessaire (fr) f
• German: notwendige Bedingung f, notwendiges Kriterium n
• Italian: condizione necessaria f
• Polish: warunek konieczny (pl) m
• Russian: необходи́мое усло́вие n (neobxodímoje uslóvije)
• Spanish: condición necesaria f

See also

• prerequisite
• sine qua non