Usually means: Replacement of one element with another.
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We found 54 dictionaries that define the word substitution:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. substitution: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. substitution: Merriam-Webster
  3. substitution: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. substitution: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. substitution: Collins English Dictionary
  6. substitution: Vocabulary.com
  7. Substitution, substitution: Wordnik
  8. substitution: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. substitution: Wiktionary
  10. substitution: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. substitution: Dictionary.com
  12. substitution: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. substitution: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Substitution (algebra), Substitution (chemistry), Substitution (law), Substitution (logic), Substitution (poetry), Substitution (song), Substitution (sport), Substitution (theatre), Substitution: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Substitution: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. substitution: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. substitution: Rhymezone
  18. Substitution: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. substitution: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. substitution: FreeDictionary.org
  21. substitution: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. substitution: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Substitution: Lexicon of Linguistics
  2. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. substitution: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. substitution: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. substitution: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. substitution: Legal dictionary
  9. substitution: Financial dictionary
  10. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. substitution: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. substitution: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  5. substitution: Medical dictionary

Science (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. Mathematical Programming (No longer online)
  2. DOE Genome Glossary (No longer online)
  3. substitution: MATH SPOKEN HERE!
  4. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  6. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)
  7. substitution: Evolution Glossary
  8. substitution: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  9. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. substitution: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  2. Substitution: Sports Definitions

(Note: See substitutional as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act of substituting or the state of being substituted.
noun:  A substitute or replacement.
noun:  (chemistry, especially organic chemistry) The replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another.
noun:  (linguistics) The expansion of the lexicon of a language by native means in correspondence to a foreign term.

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