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prime implicants

prime implicants is the plural of prime implicant.

Meaning of prime implicant

Noun

prime implicant (plural prime implicants)

  1. A group of related 1's (implicant) on a Karnaugh map which is not subsumed by any other implicant in the same map. Equivalently (in terms of Boolean algebra), a product term which is a "minimal" implicant in the sense that removing any of its literals will yield a product term which is not an implicant (but beware: on a Karnaugh map it would appear "maximal").
  2. A group of related 0's (implicant) on a Karnaugh map which is not subsumed by any other implicant (of 0's) in the same map.

Questions about prime implicants

What is prime implicants the plural of?
Prime implicants is the plural of prime implicant.

Words near prime implicants in the dictionary

  1. prime gap
  2. prime gaps
  3. prime ideal
  4. prime ideals
  5. prime implicant
  6. prime implicants
  7. prime lens
  8. prime meridian
  9. prime meridians
  10. prime minister
  11. prime ministerial

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