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substituendum

/ˌsʌbstɪt͡ʃuˈɛndəm/

substituendum noun: something to be substituted or replaced.

Noun

substituendum (plural substituenda)

  1. Something to be substituted or replaced.
    • For a given substituendum, there is usually only one clearcut choice for substitute.1975, James Stanton Bare, “Methodological Considerations: The Pāṇinian Devices of Homogeneous Represenation and Āntaratamya”, in Phonetics and phonology in Pāṇini: the system of features implicit in...
    • The sixth (ṣaṣthī́) sUP triplet is used to indicate that the expression after which it is introduced is the substituendum (sthāné-yogā).1989 [c. 450 BCE], Pāṇini, translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Aṣṭādhyāyī, page 19

Forms of substituendum

pluralsubstituenda

Origin of substituendum

Borrowed from Latin substituendum; compare substituend.

Questions about substituendum

What does substituendum mean?
Substituendum means something to be substituted or replaced.
What part of speech is substituendum?
Substituendum is a noun.
How do you pronounce substituendum?
Substituendum is pronounced /ˌsʌbstɪt͡ʃuˈɛndəm/.
What is the plural of substituendum?
The plural of substituendum is substituenda.

Words near substituendum in the dictionary

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

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