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Meanings of substitution in English

Spanish
sustitución

An event in which one thing is substituted for another.

sustitución
Portuguese
substituição
Catalan
commutació
Spanish
sustitución

The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another.

substituição
Russian
анаклазис
Spanish
anáclasis

Poetic device; use of an alien metric foot in a line of otherwise regular metrical pattern.

анаклазис
Russian
подстановка
Spanish
sustitución

Replacement in a mathematical expression of some variable by another expression.

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подстановка
Usage of substitution in English
1
The substitution of itineracy for the seclusion of the cloister; and 2.
A Short History of Monks and Monasteries
2
This technique, however, requires complex machines and large amounts of substitution fluid.
Pubmed
3
Chicago State was a late substitution addition to the Notre Dame schedule.
Reuters
4
However, no base substitution or deletion was detected in the CPP3 patients.
Pubmed
5
Best of all, there's plenty of room for improvisation and parts substitution.
Wired
6
But in Armenia the substitution of Sapor for Hazaravougd led to disaster.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7: ...
7
A new memo offered in substitution changed little in actual administration policy.
War by other means: an insider's account of the war on terror
8
Specific codons under positive selection were detected by using codon-based substitution models.
Pubmed
9
State the method of mixing and cooking if the substitution were made.
School and Home Cooking
10
The substitution of unstable government bonds means robbery of the bond holders.
The Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915
11
Calcium concentration in the substitution fluid may be important in this respect.
Pubmed
12
The mode of substitution, also, may be judiciously adapted to actual circumstances.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 / Devoted ...
13
Even the old gals on the main floor sometimes used the substitution.
The appeal
14
Cæsar told him the names of the towns where he feared substitution.
Cæsar or Nothing
15
Regarding base substitution mutagenesis, eight conformations are most likely to be relevant.
Pubmed
16
The arrangements these wise young people had made rendered the substitution easy.
The Inner Shrine
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Substitution through the time
Substitution across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common