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implication definition

im·pli·ca·tion (im′pli kā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. an implicating or being implicated
  2. an implying or being implied
    1. something implied, from which an inference may be drawn
    2. Logic a formal relationship between two propositions such that if the first is true then the second is necessarily or logically true

Etymology: ME implicacioun < L implicatio

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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