implicit function

[ im-plis-it fuhngk-shuhn ]

/ ɪmˈplɪs ɪt ˌfʌŋk ʃən /

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noun Mathematics.

a function having the dependent variable not explicitly expressed in terms of the independent variables, as x2 + y2 = 1.

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Compare explicit function.

Origin of implicit function

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby implicit function

implicatory, implicature, implicit, implicit bias, implicit differentiation, implicit function, implicit function theorem, implicitly, implied, implied consent, implied warranty

How to use implicit function in a sentence

As Randy wrote, “I guess this speaks to the church not really having a place for gay people so getting married is still implicit.”
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism|Samantha Allen|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Think about it: Dodd-Frank was explicitly passed to drive a stake through the heart of the implicit concept of “too big to fail.”
How Naive is Elizabeth Warren?|Nick Gillespie|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The question implicit in this effort, “If you were starting a museum, what would you put in your collection?”
The Best Coffee Table Books of 2014|Robert Birnbaum|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the copper performs another important function: working as a catalyst in the distillation process.
When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters||December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

By the implicit laws of capitalism, I'm pretty sure this makes Bieber the new commander in chief.
Justin Bieber Isn’t Even 21, Yet Makes More Money Than Meryl Streep|Amy Zimmerman|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To prevent intruders or extruders from withdrawing his mind from the text, he exercises the Inhibitory function of the Attention.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Little girls perhaps represent the attractive function of adornment: they like to be thought pretty.
Children's Ways|James Sully
This is hardly a function—parties even in the big political country-houses are more or less informal.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
No definite proof of this position has, however, as yet been adduced, and the function of the compound is entirely unknown.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
After the formal proclamation was issued the function terminated with a banquet given to 200 insurgent notabilities.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman