"substituent" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: [sʌbˈstɪtʃuənt] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-substituent.wav Forms: substituents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} substituent (plural substituents)
  1. (chemistry) Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed. Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (chemistry): Substituent [masculine] (German), elágazás (Hungarian), malartaí [masculine] (Irish), ionadán [masculine] (Irish), sostituente [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-substituent-en-noun--UvKUhSv Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chemistry': 60 40
  2. (grammar) Pro-form. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-substituent-en-noun-ks5tRNob Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 34 66 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: constituent, substitute

Inflected forms

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