English Explanatory Dictionary

substitution

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of substituting or the state of being substituted.
  2. A substitute or replacement.
  3. The replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another.
  4. The expansion of the lexicon of a language by native means in correspondence to a foreign term.

Pronunciation

/ˌsʌb.stɪˈtjuː.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-substitution.wav /ˌsʌb.stɪˈtu.ʃən/

Word forms

substitution substitutions

Etymology

From Middle French substitution, from Late Latin substitutio.

Derived words

back substitution blood substitution bustitution Caesar substitution cosubstitution cryosubstitution disubstitution electrophilic substitution free substitution intersubstitution lexical substitution Liskov substitution principle metasubstitution monosubstitution multisubstitution nonsubstitution nucleophilic substitution orthosubstitution oversubstitution parasubstitution penal substitution photosubstitution resubstitution string substitution substitutional substitutionary substitution cipher substitution code substitution of attorney substitution reaction substitution rule tetrasubstitution trisubstitution u-substitution
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