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implicit

Syllabification: (im·plic·it)

Pronunciation: /imˈplisit/

Definition of implicit

1implied though not plainly expressed:comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies
[predic.] (implicit in) essentially or very closely connected with; always to be found in:the values implicit in the school ethos

3 Mathematics (of a function) not expressed directly in terms of independent variables.

Derivatives

late 16th century: from French implicite or Latin implicitus, later form of implicatus 'entwined', past participle of implicare (see imply)

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