Definition of Implicant

1. Noun. (''propositional calculus'') The hypothesis of an implication ¹

2. Noun. (electrical engineering) On a Karnaugh map: a set of 1's (whose quantity is a power of two) which are related by adjacency (i.e., the set is (w Connectivity (graph theory) connected), if the Karnaugh map is considered to be a graph which "wraps around" its edges, like a torus; and, all elements of the subgraph induced by the set have the same degree). ''Equivalently (in terms of Boolean algebra)'', a product term which, when true, always implies that the given Boolean function is true. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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