if and only if

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Conjunction

if and only if

  1. (logic, mathematics) Is equivalent to; implies and is implied by; is true and false in the same cases as.
    A rectangle is a square if and only if all four of its sides have the same length.
    An integer is even if and only if its square is also even.

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