if and only if (iff) agar va ivâz agar, ~ ~ tanhâ ~ Fr.: si et seulement si Logic, Math.: An → expression indicating that two → statements so connected are → necessary and sufficient conditions for one another. The corresponding logical symbols usually used are: ↔, ⇔, ≡, and iff. |
only ivâz, tanhâ (#) Fr.: seulement An adverb meaning without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively. → if and only if. M.E., from O.E. anlic, from ân, → one. Ivâz, from Mid.Pers. êvâz/êvâc, from Proto-Iranian
*aiua-ka-; cf. Pers. yek,
→ one. |