implicit

 
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/

adjective

  • 1suggested though not directly expressed: comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies
  • 2 (implicit in) always to be found in; essentially connected with: the values implicit in the school ethos
  • 3with no qualification or question; absolute: an implicit faith in God
  • 4 Mathematics (of a function) not expressed directly in terms of independent variables.

Derivatives

implicitness

noun

Origin:

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