##  [Conditional Independence](/conditional-independence) 

  ##  [Conditional Independence](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/conditional-independence-0) 

  

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Definition

A probabilistic relation among random variables X, Y, and Z denoted X ⟂ Y | Z, meaning that conditional on Z, the joint distribution of X and Y factorizes into the product of their conditionals: P(X,Y | Z)=P(X|Z)P(Y|Z).