explanans
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Latin below.
Noun edit
explanans (plural explanantia)
- A collection of propositions that, taken together, explain another proposition (the explanandum).
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Present active participle of explānō (“make plain”)
Participle edit
explānāns (genitive explānantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- flattening out
- (of speech) explaining, making plain
Declension edit
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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.