substitution
Substitution (from late Latin substitute 'replace') stands for:
- Replacement of lost substances in patients, see substitution therapy
- Replacement of one drug with another; see quid pro quo
- Substitution (music) , the replacement of chords with others
- in economics the qualitative substitute for a good, see substitution good
- an outdated theory, according to which the church is the chosen "people of God" in place of Israel, see substitution theology
- In connection with cultural change, the replacement of one cultural element by another, see social change #Devolution
- Substitution (morphology) , a morphological change in particular of the stem vowel
Biology and chemistry:
- Exchange of bases of a nucleic acid sequence, see point mutation #Substitution
- Substitution (mineralogy) , in mineralogy the replacement of chemical elements in the atomic lattice of a mineral
- the replacement of atoms, groups of atoms or molecules, see substitution reaction
- a special form of indirect titration in chemical measurement analysis, see titration #Direct and indirect titration
Mathematics and Computer Science:
- Substitution (math) , the replacement of an expression
- Integration by substitution , a method of solving integrals
- Substitution (logic) , in logic, the replacement of one term by another
- Substitution (cryptography) , in cryptography the replacement of plaintext characters with ciphertext characters
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Wiktionary: Substitution - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations