Noun

Singular condition

Plural conditions

condition (plural conditions)

1. A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
2. A requirement, term, or requisite.

   Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability‎.

   What other planets might have the right conditions for life?

   The union had a dispute over sick time and other conditions of employment.

3. The health status of a medical patient.

   My aunt couldn't walk up the stairs in her condition.

4. The state or quality.

   National reports on the condition of public education are dismal.

   The condition of man can be classified as civilized or uncivilized.

5. A particular state of being.

   Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system.

   Steps were taken to ameliorate the condition of slavery.

   Security is defined as the condition of not being threatened.

   Aging is a condition over which we are powerless.

6. (obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.

   A man of his condition has no place to make request.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Derived terms

• conditional
• condition subsequent
• human condition

• in condition
• mint condition
• necessary condition

• precondition
• statement of condition
• sufficient condition

Condition can refer to:

• A state of being.
• Living conditions, see Quality of life.
• In health, a disease, such as a heart condition, as in Medical condition.
• A proposition upon which another proposition depends, such as "if-then" statements. See logical conditional.
  • necessary and sufficient condition
• To cause a certain response to a stimulus, see conditioning.
• To replace moisture or oils, especially in hair, see conditioner.
• To change climate to an appropriate level, see air conditioning.
• A status effect which is usually negative, see Condition (computer gaming).
• A state which is induced in the subject of a psychological experiment, see condition (experimental psychology).
• The Condition number, a measure of a matrix in digital computation.
• In contract law, part of Covenants, conditions and restrictions, an indispensable condition; in Latin, Conditio sine qua non.
• In criminal law, a necessary part of probation or parole, often called a conditional sentence.
• In computer programming, conditions, a generalization of exceptions