non-essential prime implicant

noun

On a Karnaugh map: a prime implicant which does not cover any 1 which cannot covered by some other prime implicant.

Opposite
essential prime implicant
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Meanings

nounnon-essential prime implicant (plural non-essential prime implicants)

plural non-essential prime implicants

  1. businessOn a Karnaugh map: a prime implicant which does not cover any 1 which cannot covered by some other prime implicant.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
essential prime implicant
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