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implicant

implicant noun: the hypothesis of an implication.

Noun

implicant (plural implicants)

  1. The hypothesis of an implication
  2. On a Karnaugh map: a set of ones (whose quantity is a power of two) which are related by adjacency (i.e., the set is connected, if the Karnaugh map is considered to be a graph which "wraps around" its edges, like a torus; and all elements of the subgraph induced by the set have the same degree). Equivalently, in terms of Boolean algebra, a product term which, when true, always implies that the given Boolean function is true.

Forms of implicant

pluralimplicants

Words formed from implicant

Phrases with implicant

Questions about implicant

What does implicant mean?
Implicant means the hypothesis of an implication.
What part of speech is implicant?
Implicant is a noun.
What is the plural of implicant?
The plural of implicant is implicants.

Words near implicant in the dictionary

  1. implial
  2. implicable
  3. implicand
  4. implicands
  5. implicans
  6. implicant
  7. implicants
  8. implicata
  9. implicate
  10. implicated
  11. implicates

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