implicit

Main 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> cof 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 42: being without doubt or reserve : unquestioning <an implicit trust>

— im·plic·it·ly adverb

— im·plic·it·ness noun

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