Look up: Substitution


  1. Substitution
    When one good is bought in place of another.
    Found op http://www.bized.co.uk/reference/glossary/index.htm?glosid=743

  2. substitution
    [n] - an event in which one thing is substituted for another 2. [n] - the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: `he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help`
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=substitution

  3. Substitution
    A control measure employed when elimination is impossible which substitutes a hazardous material for a less hazardous one, to substitute the state or form of the same substance for one which gives rise to less exposure.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20474

  4. substitution
    substitution reaction. A reaction in which an atom or fragment within a molecule is replaced with another.
    Found op http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/glossary/s.shtml

  5. Substitution
    Sub`sti·tu'tion noun [ Latin substitutio : confer French substitution .] 1. The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/228

  6. substitution
    1. The act of putting one thing in the place of another, especially the chemical replacement of one element or radical by some other. ... 2. A defense mechanism, operating unconsciously, in which an unattainable or unacceptable goal, emotion or object is replaced by one that is attainable or accepta...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?substitution

  7. substitution
    permutation noun an event in which one thing is substituted for another; `the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=substitution

  8. substitution
    noun the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: `he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=substitution

  9. substitution
    (sub″stĭ-too´shәn) the act of putting one thing in the place of another, such as the chemical replacement of one atom or substituent group by another. Called also replacement. a type of defense mechanism in which an individual replaces an unattainable or unacceptable goal, emotion,...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  10. Substitution
    • (n.) The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium. • (n.) The act or process of subst...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/substitution/

  11. substitution
    (from the article `formal logic`) ...an axiom. For example, in place of axiom 1 in PM one might have the axiom schema `Every wff of the form ( ) is an axiom`; and analogous ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/179

  12. substitution
    (from the article `baseball`) The use of a substitute as an offensive tactic most commonly involves sending in a pinch hitter—that is, taking a hitter out of the lineup and ... Substitutions may be made at any point in the game when time has been called by the umpire. A player taken out of the ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/179



  1. substitution
    in Greek or Latin prosody, the replacement of a prosodic element that is required or expected at a given place in a given metre by another which is ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/179

  2. substitution
    (L. substitutio, from sub under + statuere to place) 1. the act of putting one thing in the place of another, especially the chemical replacement of one element or radical by some other. 2. a defense mechanism, operating unconsciously, in which an unattainable or unacceptable goal, emotion, or objec...
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio83.html

  3. Substitution
    See forward substitution and backward substitution.
    Found op http://glossary.computing.society.informs.org/index.php?page=S.html

  4. Substitution
    [logic] Substitution is a fundamental concept in logic. Substitution is a syntactic transformation on strings of symbols of a formal language. In propositional logic, a substitution instance of a propositional formula is a second formula obtained by replacing symbols of the original formula ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitution_(logic)

  5. Substitution
    [law] In legal terms, the Right of Substitution is a statutory right of all parties except the State. It is the right to change the presiding court official with or without cause. Judges are usually given cases randomly within a jurisdiction (unless there is only one judge in a jurisdiction,...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitution_(law)

  6. Substitution
    [theatre] In theatre, substitution refers to the method of understanding elements in the life of one`s character by comparing them to elements in one`s own life. For example, if an actor is portraying a character who is being blackmailed, he or she could think back to some embarrassing or pr...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitution_(theatre)

  7. substitution
    occurs when a player comes off the bench to replace a player coming out of the game; can be made at any time and play does not need to stop.
    Found op http://www.firstbasesports.com/hockey_glossary.html

  8. Substitution
    replacement of one player on the field with another player not on the field; FIFA rules allow only 3 substitutions per game.
    Found op http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html

  9. Substitution
    In genetics, a type of mutation due to replacement of one nucleotide in a DNA sequence by another nucleotide or replacement of one amino acid in a protein by another amino acid.
    Found op http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/glossary/glossary.shtml

  10. substitution
    recalling the securities lent from a borrower and replacing them with other securities of equivalent market value during the life of the lending....
    Found op http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.jsp?EINTRAG_ID=10160

  11. substitution
    the substitution of one party for another in respect of an obligation. In a netting and settlement context the term typically refers to the process of amending a contract between two parties so that a third party is interposed as counterparty to each of the two parties and the original contract betw...
    Found op http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.jsp?EINTRAG_ID=10160

  12. substitution
    the substitution of one party for another in respect of an obligation. In the context of a futures or options clearing house, the term usually refers to the interposition of the clearing house as buyer to the seller of a contract and seller to a buyer....
    Found op http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.jsp?EINTRAG_ID=10160

  13. Substitution
    The procedure by which one party in an action is replaced by another. This can be due to a number of reasons including death, incompetence, removal or resignation of someone being sued in his official capacity, etc. civil law. In the law of devises, it is the putting of one person in the place of an...
    Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/s194.htm

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