necessary condition

1. In mathematics , a condition that must be satisfied for a statement to be true, but that does not in and of itself make it true. For example, a necessary condition to become president of the United States is that a candidate be over thirty-five years of age, but just being over thirty-five does not make one president.

Example Sentences

The Marines were the necessary condition for whatever success occurred in Garmser.

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Wasn't more debt at cheaper rates the necessary condition for the mortgage crisis?

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For these races the first and really the only necessary condition is a large and level piece of ground.

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First of all it must secure liberty; not that liberty is an end in itself, but because it is the necessary condition of morality.

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It distinguishes for me the necessary condition with a sufficient condition, the union is necessary, but not sufficient.

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I sincerely rejoice in the step you have taken; it is an absolutely necessary condition for any true development of your nature.

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They actually presuppose its existence in the Church as the necessary condition of their own existence.

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