implied, rather than expressly stated

implicit agreement.

unquestioning or unreserved; absolute

implicit trust; implicit obedience; implicit confidence.

potentially contained (usually fol. by in )

to bring out the drama implicit in the occasion.

Mathematics . (of a function) having the dependent variable not explicitly expressed in terms of the independent variables, as x 2 + y 2 = 1. Compare explicit ( def. 5 ) .

Obsolete . entangled.