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See also: IFF

"if and only if"

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪf ən(d) ˈəʊn.li ɪf/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪf ən(d) ˈoʊn.li ɪf/

iff

1. (mathematics, logic) Short for if and only if.

   A rectangle is a square iff all four of its sides have the same length.

• if

iff

1. Obsolete spelling of if.
   • 1565, Thomas Stapleton, A Fortreſſe of the Faith &c., Ihon Laet, the 2. part. 112:

     For iff the patient be aſhamed to diſcloſe hiſ wounde to the phyſician which knoweth it not , phyſicke can not helpe him.

• FFI, FIF, Fif.

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iff (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⴼ)

1. (intransitive) to surpass, to be better, to be worth more

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• Verbal noun: tifet

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber iff (“udder”).

iff m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⴼ, plural iffan)

1. nipple
2. udder

   Synonyms: abbuc, tinɣi

   iffan n tfunast.

   The udders of a cow.