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implicitMain Entry: im·plic·it Pronunciation: \im-ˈpli-sət\ Function: adjective Etymology: Latin implicitus, past participle of implicare Date: 1599 1 a : capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied <an implicit assumption> b : involved in the nature or essence of something though not revealed, expressed, or developed : potential <a sculptor may see different figures implicit in a block of stone — John Dewey> c of a mathematical function : defined by an expression in which the dependent variable and the one or more independent variables are not separated on opposite sides of an equation — compare explicit 4 — im·plic·it·ly adverb — im·plic·it·ness noun
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