EXPLANANS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does explanans mean? 

• EXPLANANS (noun)
  The noun EXPLANANS has 1 sense:

1. (logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises

  Familiarity information: EXPLANANS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPLANANS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("explanans" is a kind of...):

statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)

Domain category:

logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)

Holonyms ("explanans" is a part of...):

account; explanation (a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.)