Implication may refer to:
In logic:
- Entailment The linguistic concept above can be generalized for a set of A's in logic and mathematics; call this set T. Then entailment or logical implication is a logical relation that holds between a set T of propositions and a proposition B, when every model of T is also a model of B. In symbols, (logical implication), in mathematical logic
- Material conditional The material conditional, also known as the material implication or truth functional conditional, expresses a property of certain conditionals in logic. In propositional logic, it expresses a binary truth function from truth-values to truth-values. In predicate logic, it can be viewed as a subset relation between the extension of predicates, in philosophical logic
In linguistics, specifically in pragmatics:
- Implicature Implicature is a technical term in the linguistic branch of pragmatics coined by Paul Grice. It refers to what is suggested in an utterance, even though not expressed nor strictly implied by the utterance. For example, the sentence "Mary had a baby and got married" strongly suggests that Mary had the baby before the wedding, but the
- Entailment In pragmatics , entailment is the relationship between two sentences where the truth of one (A) requires the truth of the other (B)
Other uses:
- In mathematics, functions can be implicit In mathematics, an implicit function is a function in which the dependent variable has not been given "explicitly" in terms of the independent variable. To give a function f explicitly is to provide a prescription for determining the output value of the function y in terms of the input value x:.
- Medical diagnosis In medicine, diagnosis is a label given for a medical condition or disease identified by its signs, symptoms, and from the results of various diagnostic procedures. The term "diagnostic criteria" designates the combination of signs, symptoms, and test results that allows the clinician to ascertain the diagnosis of the respective disease (scientific method Scientific method refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering observable, empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning. A scientific method consists of), in forensics; a hypothetical cause is implicated or indicated when a reason for the condition can be found, given that cause.
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