explanans

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explānāns.

Noun

explanans (plural explanantia)

1. A collection of propositions that, taken together, explain another proposition (the explanandum).

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of explānō (“make plain”)

Participle

explānāns (genitive explānantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. flattening out
2. (of speech) explaining, making plain

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	explānāns			explānantēs	explānantia
genitive	explānantis			explānantium
dative	explānantī			explānantibus
accusative	explānantem	explānāns		explānantēs explānantīs	explānantia
ablative	explānante explānantī1			explānantibus
vocative	explānāns			explānantēs	explānantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.