explicans

[ ek-spli-kanz ]

noun,plural ex·pli·can·ti·a [ek-spli-kan-shee-uh]. /ˌɛk splɪˈkæn ʃi ə/.
  1. the meaning of a term or statement, as in a philosophical discussion.

Origin of explicans

1
1880–85; <Latin, present participle of explicāre to explicate

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