explanans

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin explānāns. === Noun === explanans (plural explanantia) A collection of propositions that, taken together, explain another proposition (the explanandum). == Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of explānō (“make plain”) === Participle === explānāns (genitive explānantis); third-declension one-termination participle flattening out (of speech) explaining, making plain ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective.