Definition of Explanandum

1. Noun. (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained.

Exact synonyms: Explicandum
Category relationships: Logic
Generic synonyms: Statement
Group relationships: Account, Explanation

Definition of Explanandum

1. Noun. That which is to be explained ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Explanandum

explain'd
explain away
explainability
explainable
explained
explained away
explainer
explainers
explainin'
explaining
explaining away
explains
explains away
explaint
explananda
explanandum (current term)
explanans
explanate
explanation
explanationism
explanationist
explanationists
explanations
explanative
explanatively
explanator
explanatorily
explanatoriness
explanators
explanatory

Literary usage of Explanandum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke by Montague Rhodes James, Ellis Hovell Minns, Pembroke College (University of Cambridge). Library (1905)
"Sciendum est fk et explanandum 113 i In assump. S. Mariae. 47. ... est fk et explanandum per ordinem . . 119 i In Nat. BVM 49. Ecce dies confessionis. ..."

2. Old Testament and Semitic Studies in Memory of William Rainey Harper by William Rainey Harper (1908)
"... quidem subtile quid est ineffabile, et ad explanandum difficile, de qua prophetae non nisi occulte locuti sunt et sub ..."

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