"substituent" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: [sʌbˈstɪtʃuənt] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-substituent.wav [US] 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-jm6W8Cpb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chemistry': 100 0
  2. (grammar) pro-form. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-substituent-en-noun-Lanr0g5q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: constituent, substitute

Inflected forms

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