In logic, the words necessity and sufficiency refer to the implicational relationships between statements. The assertion that one statement is a necessary and sufficient condition ...
adjective . 1. adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection. 2. Logic. (of a condition) such that its existence leads to the occurrence of a given ...
suf·fi·cient (s-f sh nt) adj. 1. Being as much as is needed. 2. Archaic Competent; qualified. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin suffici ns, sufficient-, present ...