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Biconditional

Relationship between two propositional forms P and Q, noted as "P ↔ Q" or "P is equal to Q", which is true when P and Q both simultaneously have the same truth value and false in other cases.
Synonym for biconditional propositional form. The biconditional truth table is:
P Q P ↔ Q
T T T
T F F
F T F
F F T

Example

An equation is a propositional form. 2x + 8y = 16  ↔  x + 4y = 8 This expression is a biconditional propositional form that can also be translated by: we can multiply or divide all the terms in an equation by a non-zero number without changing its truth value..

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