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iff
English
Pronunciation
- Read as “if and only if”
Conjunction
iff
- (mathematics, logic) If and only if; used to show that the truth values of two statements are the same.
- (mathematics, logic) logically equivalent to rephrases:
- A rectangle is a square iff all four of its sides have the same length.
- biconditionally
- just in case or just in the case that
- equal
- that is to say
- XNOR
- Obsolete spelling of if.
Related terms
- if
- implies
- not
- and
- or
- xor
- nand
- nor
See also
- formal logic
Translations
Anagrams
- FFI, FIF, Fif.
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riff
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f/
- Rhymes: -?f
- Homophone: Rif
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Perhaps a clipping of riffle, or an alteration of refrain.
Noun
riff (plural riffs)
- A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
- Listen to one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time!
- A clever or witty remark.
- A variation on something.
- 2012, The Economist, London Skyline: Tower Power
- Both the Orbit and the Pinnacle are riffs on an idea sketched out in 1917 by Vladimir Tatlin for a monument to international communism.
- 2012, The Economist, London Skyline: Tower Power
- A spoof.
Translations
Verb
riff (third-person singular simple present riffs, present participle riffing, simple past and past participle riffed)
- To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes.
- To riffle.
Etymology 2
From Middle English *rif (found only in midrif), from Old English hrif (“the belly; womb”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrif, from Proto-Germanic *hrefaz (“body; torso; belly”), from Proto-Indo-European *krep- (“body”). Doublet of corpus.
Noun
riff (plural riffs)
- (anatomy, archaic) The belly; the bowels.
Derived terms
- midriff
See also
- riff-raff
- riffraff
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English riff.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?f/
- Hyphenation: riff
- Rhymes: -?f
- Homophone: rif
Noun
riff m (plural riffs, diminutive riffje n)
- (music) riff
Derived terms
- gitaarriff
French
Etymology
From English riff.
Noun
riff m (plural riffs)
- (music) riff
Italian
Etymology
From English riff.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rif?/
- Hyphenation: rìff
Noun
riff m (plural riff)
- (music, neologism, chiefly in translations from English) riff
- Synonym: ritornello
Spanish
Etymology
From English riff
Noun
riff m (plural riffs)
- (music) riff
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