Substitution

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe act of substituting or the state of being substituted.

"In this football tournament, three substitutions can be made during the match."

2.NounA substitute or replacement.

"Gary is off this weekend, so Jeff will be his substitution."

3.NounThe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another.

4.NounThe expansion of the lexicon of a language by native means in correspondence to a foreign term.

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