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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied);
- Example: "his resignation had political implications"
[syn: deduction, entailment, implication]

2. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred;
- Example: "the significance of his remark became clear only later"
- Example: "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
[syn: significance, import, implication]

3. an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection;

4. a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false;
[syn: implication, logical implication, conditional relation]

5. a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement);
- Example: "he was suspected of implication in several robberies"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Implication \Im`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. implicatio: cf. F. implication.] 1. The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated. [1913 Webster] Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] 2. An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. [1913 Webster] Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the king might do, it was a necessary implication that there were other things which he could not do. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

implication n 1: something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications" [syn: deduction, entailment, implication] 2: a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication" [syn: significance, import, implication] 3: an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection 4: a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false [syn: implication, logical implication, conditional relation] 5: a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement); "he was suspected of implication in several robberies"
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

implies implication imply (=> or a thin right arrow) A binary Boolean function and logical connective. A => B is a true implication unless A is true and B is false. The truth table is A B | A => B ----+------- F F | T F T | T T F | F T T | T It is surprising at first that A => B is always true if A is false, but if X => Y then we would expect that (X & Z) => Y for any Z. If A is actually an expression X & Y then the implication is called a syllogism. (2009-10-28)