implication
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio).
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implication (countable and uncountable; plural implications)
- (uncountable) The act of implicating.
- (uncountable) The state of being implicated.
- (countable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
- (logic) (countable) The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
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Translations [edit]
that which is implied, but not expressed
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logical connective
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External links [edit]
- implication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- implication in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio).
Noun [edit]
implication f (plural implications)
