explanans

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English

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Etymology

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From the Latin below.

Noun

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explanans (plural explanantia)

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

Latin

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Etymology

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Present active participle of explānō (make plain)

Participle

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

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

Declension

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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.