'Entailment' definitions:

Definition of 'entailment'

From: WordNet
noun
Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications" [syn: deduction, entailment, implication]

Definition of 'Entailment'

From: GCIDE
  • Entailment \En*tail"ment\, n.
  • 1. The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The condition of being entailed. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A thing entailed. [1913 Webster]
  • Brutality as an hereditary entailment becomes an ever weakening force. --R. L. Dugdale. [1913 Webster]

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