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- adjective logic, philosophy That can be
defined in terms of each other.
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inter- + definable
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Examples
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The notion of logical entailment is interdefinable with it.
Inductive Logic Hawthorne, James 2008
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Necessity and possibility are interdefinable in the sense that a proposition is necessary precisely if its contradictory is not possible.
Dialectical School Bobzien, Susanne 2004
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After all, it seems quite natural ” as von Wright pointed out (von Wright 1974, 7) ” to regard the notions of necessary condition and sufficient condition as themselves being interdefinable:
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions Brennan, Andrew 2003
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