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implicit function

[ im-plis-it fuhngk-shuhn ]

noun

, Mathematics.
  1. a function having the dependent variable not explicitly expressed in terms of the independent variables, as x 2 + y 2 = 1.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of implicit function1

First recorded in 1815–25

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