Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

explanans

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-planans
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explānāns.

Inflected Forms

explanantia (plural)

Questions

What does explanans mean?: A collection of propositions that, taken together, explain another proposition (the explanandum).
Where does explanans come from?: Borrowed from Latin explānāns.

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