Explicit refers to something that is specific, clear, or detailed. It can also mean: *

Explicit knowledge Explicit knowledge (also expressive knowledge) is knowledge that can be readily articulated, conceptualized, codified, formalized, stored and accessed. It can be expressed in formal and systematical language and shared in the form of data, scien ...

, knowledge that can be readily articulated, codified and transmitted to others * Explicit (text), the final words of a text; contrast with incipit

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