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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Implication  \Im`pli*ca"tion\,  n.  [L.  implicatio:  cf  F. 
  implication.] 
  1.  The  act  of  implicating,  or  the  state  of  being  implicated. 
 
  Three  principal  causes  of  firmness  are  the 
  grossness,  the  quiet  contact  and  the  implication  of 
  component  parts  --Boyle. 
 
  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 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  implication 
  n  1:  something  that  is  inferred  (deduced  or  entailed  or  implied); 
  "his  resignation  had  political  implications"  [syn:  {deduction}, 
  {entailment}] 
  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}] 
  3:  a  charge  that  implicates  someone  (usually  of  wrongdoing) 
  [syn:  {implicating}] 
  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:  {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" 




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