substitution

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

Singular
substitution

Plural
substitutions

substitution (plural substitutions)

  1. the act of substituting or the state of being substituted
  2. a substitute or replacement
  3. (chemistry) (especially in organic chemistry) the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another

[edit] Translations

the act of substituting or the state of being substituted
a substitute or replacement
the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked

[edit] Derived terms

Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/substitution"
Personal tools