`Condition`

{If, Branch, Expression, Pattern, Type}

 

 

Each keyword in Grok32`Condition` is a branch structure except Expression.  An Expression may or may not branch, but if it has any depth, it is a branching structure.  See ExpressionBranch.

 

The word “condition” is a noun, an intransitive verb (it limits and makes definite an object of thought), and a Transitive Verb (as in “a condition that they marry”).    

 

See English definition of “condition”.

 

The `Condition` Context is about conditioning Expressions, with branching structures.

 

All `Condition` structures, (except If[…]), are not allowed within Compute[…RAREnvironment…].

 

The `Condition` Context is about forming, matching, and/or substituting Pattern, Type, Rule, or Branch Expressions.

 

 

 

condition n.

1. a Something established or agreed upon as a requisite to the doing or taking effect of something else; a stipulation or provision.

            Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance.

                                                Jer. Taylor

   b An argument determining one or more such prerequisites; a covenant.

2. That which exists as an occasion of something else; a circumstance essential to the appearance or occurrence of something else; a prerequisite.  All true (that is necessary) conditions are causes; but for purposes of experiment, or by reason of special interest, we distinguish a prime condition or direct cause, from the secondary conditions, or indirect causes.  See CAUSE.

3. a That which limits or modifies the existence or characteristic of something; a circumstance of action or being; a restriction or qualification. “New conditions of life” Darwin.

   b pl.  Attendant circumstances; existing state of affairs; as, living conditions; playing conditions.

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condition Intransitive Verb.

1. To make conditions or terms; to stipulate.

2. To attain proper or fit condition.

3. Philos.  To limit and make definite an object of thought.

 

condition Transitive Verb.  

1. To  stipulate; to bargain for; to contract; to agree by stipulation;   -- now with an object clause; as, to condition that they marry; to condition to obey

2. To invest with, limit by, or subject to, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to make conditional (on); as, his tenure is conditioned on good behavior.

3. To put into proper, or the desired, condition; as:

   a To wet (wheat) before grinding. 

   b To dehydrate (food), 

   c To purify and humidify (air).

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