explanans
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Latin below.
Noun
[edit]explanans (plural explanantia)
- A collection of propositions that, taken together, explain another proposition (the explanandum).
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Present active participle of explānō (“make plain”)
Participle
[edit]explānāns (genitive explānantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- flattening out
- (of speech) explaining, making plain
Declension
[edit]Third-declension participle.
singular | plural | ||||
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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.