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explanans

/ɪkˈsplæn.ænz/

Traduction: Nom désignant les énoncés ou propositions qui expliquent l'explanandum, servant de prémisses explicatives dans un argument logique.

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C2formalcommontechnical/ɪkˈsplæn.ænz/

pluriel irrégulier

A noun referring to statements that explain the explicandum, serving as the explanatory premises in a logical argument.

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant les énoncés ou propositions qui expliquent l'explanandum, servant de prémisses explicatives dans un argument logique.
  1. Explanatory statement in logic C2 formal scientific

    A set of premises or statements that serve to explain a given phenomenon or proposition (the explicandum) in logical reasoning.

    • In a scientific explanation, the explanans must contain law-like statements.
    • The philosopher distinguished between the explicandum and the explanans in his argument.
    • For a deductive-nomological model, the explanans includes both laws and initial conditions.

    🇫🇷Explicans

  • explanantia plural form
  • explanantia's possessive plural form
  • explanans's possessive singular form