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Webster 1913 Edition
Substitution
Subˊsti-tu′tion
,Noun.
[L.
substitutio
: cf. F. substitution
.] 1.
The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another;
as, the
substitution
of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution
of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium.2.
The state of being substituted for another.
3.
The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.
[R.]
Shak.
4.
(Civil Law)
The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him.
Burrill.
5.
(Theol.)
The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his sufferings were expiatory.
6.
(Chem.)
The act or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical; metathesis; also, the state of being so substituted. See
Metathesis
. Webster 1828 Edition
Substitution
SUBSTITU'TION
,Noun.
1.
In grammar, syllepsis, or the use of one word for another.Definition 2024
Substitution
Substitution
See also: substitution
substitution
substitution
See also: Substitution
English
Noun
substitution (countable and uncountable, plural substitutions)
- the act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- a substitute or replacement
- (chemistry) (especially in organic chemistry) the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
Translations
the act of substituting or the state of being substituted
substitute — see substitute
the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
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Derived terms
- substitution cipher
- substitution reaction
- substitution rule