Main Entry: ¹con·di·tion·al

Pronunciation: \kən-ˈdish-nəl, -ˈdi-shə-n^əl\

Function: 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