substitution

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

n. the act of replacing one person or thing with another, or the state of being substituted.

“The coach made a quick substitution in the second half to improve the team's defense.”

“The substitution of honey for refined sugar in the recipe altered the texture of the cake more than the baker had anticipated.”

n. a person or thing that takes the place of someone or something else.

n. a person or thing that acts as a replacement for another.

“If you don't have butter, margarine is a common substitution for baking.”

“The manager viewed the new software not just as an upgrade, but as a necessary substitution for the aging legacy system.”

n. when one atom or group in a chemical is replaced by a different one.

n. the replacement of an atom or a functional group in a chemical compound with another atom or group.

“The teacher explained how a substitution reaction changes the molecule's structure.”

“Nucleophilic substitution is a fundamental class of reactions in organic chemistry where an electron-rich species replaces a leaving group on a carbon atom.”

Technical

n. creating a new word in your own language to match a word from a foreign language.

n. the expansion of a language's lexicon by using native elements to create a term corresponding to a foreign concept.

“The word 'skyscraper' is often translated into other languages through direct substitution of its parts.”

“Linguistic substitution allows a culture to adopt foreign concepts while maintaining the morphological integrity of the native tongue.”

Technical · Academic