implicant

== English == === Noun === implicant (plural implicants) (propositional calculus) The hypothesis of an implication (electrical engineering) On a Karnaugh map: a set of ones (whose quantity is a power of two) which are related by adjacency (i.e., the set is 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. ==== Derived terms ==== (electrical engineering): prime implicant === See also === implicand == Catalan == === Verb === implicant gerund of implicar == Latin == === Verb === implicant third-person plural present active indicative of implicō