implicational

9.9

Relating to a rule that says if one thing is true, another must be true

adjective
/ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃənl/

Specialized

: implicacional

The implicational logic of the argument suggests that if the premises are true, then the conclusion must also be true.
implicational rules

Examples

Understanding implicational relationships in mathematics helps to solve complex problems more effectively.
In philosophy, implicational reasoning is essential for drawing valid conclusions from established truths.
S/he could proceed by trying to find the generic model that provides the closest fit to the given text and adopt it, or s/he may try to formulate a new set of implicational rules applicable to this text.

Academic text (1990)
The implicational meaning lies elsewhere in the related concepts of resource inventory: identification, allocation, and purchase of private property; property protection and access through thousands of miles of barbed-wire fencing.

Academic text (1990)
Preexistent codified genre and period norms, mimetic or formal, which can be recognized in a given text, activate the implicational rules associated with them.

Academic text (1990)
The fundamental source for establishing the implicational rules of a particular text world is provided, therefore, by the generalizing assertions about this world made by its global authoritative narrator, especially if s/he functions as an impersonal "voice of truth."

Academic text (1990)

Surface Forms

implicational positive

Morphology

implicational = implication (transparent) = implic + al

The adjective is a regular formation from the noun 'implication' with '-al', so the meaning 'relating to implication' is directly recoverable.

Etymology

Implicational comes from the verb imply, which itself comes from the Latin implicare meaning 'to fold in', so you can picture one idea folding into another. That's why something implicational shows that if one thing is true, another must follow.