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explanans
explanans
English
Noun
explanans (plural explanantia)
- A collection of propositions that, taken together, explain another proposition (the explanandum).
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of explānō (“make plain”)
Participle
explānāns m, f, n (genitive explānantis); third declension
- flattening out
- (of speech) explaining, making plain
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | explānāns | explānantēs | explānantia | ||
| genitive | explānantis | explānantium | |||
| dative | explānantī | explānantibus | |||
| accusative | explānantem | explānāns | explānantēs | explānantia | |
| ablative | explānante, explānantī1 | explānantibus | |||
| vocative | explānāns | explānantēs | explānantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.