necessary and sufficient conditions butârhâ-ye bâyesté o basandé Fr.: conditions nécessaire et suffisante If event A must occur for event B to occur, then it is said that A is → necessary for B. If event A may cause B but there could be some other cause as well, then it is said that A is sufficient to cause B. See also → if and only if (iff). → necessary; → and; → sufficient; → condition. |