Non-essential prime implicant

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003917",
  "term": "Non-essential prime implicant",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A prime implicant in a Boolean function that does not cover any minterms that are not already covered by other essential prime implicants. While it can be part of a minimal sum-of-products expression, its inclusion is not strictly necessary to cover all minterms. Identifying non-essential prime implicants is a step in Boolean function minimization using Karnaugh maps or the Quine-McCluskey algorithm.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Non-essential Prime Implicant",
    "es": "implicante primo no esencial",
    "fr": "impliquant premier non essentiel"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/non-essential-prime-implicant/"
}