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explicans

[ ek-spli-kanz ]

noun

, plural ex·pli·can·ti·a [ek-spli-, kan, -shee-, uh].
  1. the meaning of a term or statement, as in a philosophical discussion.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of explicans1

1880–85; < Latin, present participle of explicāre to explicate

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