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suggesting something without directly stating it
- His implicit approval was evident from the nod of his head.
- The implicit message in her smile was one of gratitude.
- Emily's implicit agreement to help was evident in her willingness to rearrange her schedule.
- The movie’s implicit themes of love and loss resonated with the audience, even without being overtly stated.
- There was an implicit understanding between the team members that they would support each other.
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existing in a way that is unquestioned
- She had an implicit belief in justice, never doubting its triumph.
- His implicit trust in the team's abilities was unwavering.
- The child had an implicit faith in her parents, always relying on them for support.
- Their implicit trust in God gave them strength during difficult times.
- The community showed an implicit belief in the value of hard work and perseverance.
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always to be found in or essentially connected with something
- The implicit dangers in the technology were revealed only after it was widely used.
- The implicit risks of genetic modification were not fully understood until later.
- The implicit costs of the new policy became evident only after its implementation.
- The implicit challenges of managing a remote team were overlooked at first.
- The implicit consequences of the environmental changes were only recognized years later.
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referring to a relationship or equation where one variable is defined in terms of others without being explicitly solved for
- In implicit differentiation, derivatives are taken without explicitly solving for the function.
- The implicit function theorem helps solve equations where the dependent variable isn't isolated.
- An implicit curve can be graphed without isolating one variable in terms of the other.
- In implicit equations, one variable may depend on others without being directly solvable.
- Implicit differentiation helps you find how one variable changes relative to another when they are not explicitly separated.