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Substitution — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • substitution noun The act of putting one thing in place of another, or the result of doing so.

Senses

Substitution is used for these senses in English:

  • substitution (chemistry, especially, organic chemistry) The replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another.
  • substitution (linguistics) The expansion of the lexicon of a language by native means in correspondence to a foreign term.

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