implicit modeling

English

Noun

implicit modeling (uncountable)

1. (engineering, manufacturing) A type of digital modeling that defines surfaces, edges, nodes, and points with mathematical equations, which entails that the geometry of the defined object may vary within the range of possibilities that solve or satisfy those equations. [late 20th c.]

   Hypernyms: modeling, modelling

   Coordinate term: explicit modeling

Related terms

• implicit function
• implicit surface

See also

• CAD/CAM
• GD&T
• vector algebra
• vector space