explanans

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English

Etymology

From the Latin below.

Noun

explanans (plural explanantia)

  1. A collection of propositions that, taken together, explain another proposition (the explanandum).

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of explānō (“make plain”)

Participle

explānāns (genitive explānantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. flattening out
  2. (of speech) explaining, making plain

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative explānāns explānantēs explānantia
genitive explānantis explānantium
dative explānantī explānantibus
accusative explānantem explānāns explānantēs
explānantīs 		explānantia
ablative explānante
explānantī1 		explānantibus
vocative explānāns explānantēs explānantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

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