/
ɪmˈplɪsɪt/
adj.
- implied though not directly expressed.
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(implicit in)
always to be found in.
- with no qualification or question:
an implicit faith in God.
- Mathematics (of a function) not expressed directly in terms of independent variables.
Derivative
- implicitly adv.
- implicitness n.
Etymology
C16: from Fr. implicite or L. implicitus, later form of implicatus ‘entwined’, past part. of implicare (see imply).