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substituends

substituends is the plural of substituend.

Meaning of substituend

Noun

substituend (plural substituends)

  1. A substitute; something that substitutes for another.
    • Each substituend SN, it seems, would amount to the same thing as its corresponding UN in SOME not very strained context.1972, John King-Farlow, W.N. Christensen, “Probability and the 'Will to Believe'”, in Logic, Identity, and Consistency, D. Reidel, →ISBN, page 177
  2. A substituendum; something to be substituted or replaced.
    • […]but since the substitute y is not treated like the substituend vowel, the option will not prevail.1989 [c. 450 BCE], Pāṇini, translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Aṣṭādhyāyī, page 22

Questions about substituends

What is substituends the plural of?
Substituends is the plural of substituend.

Words near substituends in the dictionary

  1. substiles
  2. substimulatory
  3. substipitate
  4. substituend
  5. substituenda
  6. substituends
  7. substituendum
  8. substituent
  9. substituents
  10. substitutabilities
  11. substitutability

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