What is $implicit in angular 2?

For multiple variables, you should do something like below, A template would be:

<ng-template [ngTemplateOutlet]="template" [ngTemplateOutletContext]="{$implicit: 'Hello', key2: 'value2', key3: 'value3'}"> </ng-template>

then

<ng-template #template let-default let-key2="key2" let-key3="key3">
{{default}}
{{key2}}
{{key3}}
</ng-template>

so, output will be,

default = Hello
key2 = value2
key3 = value3

If you have to pass only a variable to the template from the container where we are referencing it, we could use

<ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="deleteClient;context: firstName">
</ng-container>

And use it like this.

<ng-template #deleteClient let-client="firstName">
Are you sure? Want to remove {{ client }} !
</ng-template>

Where as If you have to pass the object it self to the template, we could use

<ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="deleteClient;context: { $implicit: client }"> 
</ng-container>

And use it like this.

<ng-template #deleteClient let-client>
Are you sure? Want to remove {{ client.firstName }} {{ client.lastName }}!
</ng-template>

I have used $implicit to pass value to ng-template, dynamically creating an anchor tag for the title. $implicit is used to pass data to ng-template

<ng-container [ngTemplateOutlet]=" col.bodyTemplate"
                        [ngTemplateOutletContext]="{$implicit: product}">
 </ng-container>

<ng-template #productTitle let-product> // let-product-> declaring local variable
    <a [routerLink]="['/products', product.Id]" [queryParams]="{searchText:searchText}">
        {{product.Title}}</a>
</ng-template>