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Definition of explaination

"explaination" is probably misspelled. Trying explanation instead Definition of explanation

1. explanation [ n ] a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
Examples: "the explanation was very simple" "I expected a brief account"

Used in print:

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

All_of the jackets carry a fairly technical and detailed explanation of this new recording program .

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

This is not to say that the only explanation of the present infatuation with Norman_Vincent_Peale 's `` cult of reassurance '' or the other types of a purely cultural Christianity is the ever-present need for a demythologized gospel .

(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)

I am certainly not adequately trained to describe or enlarge on human fears , but there are certain features of the fears dispelled by scientific explanations that stand_out quite clearly .

Even in domains where detailed and predictive understanding is still lacking , but where some explanations are possible , as with lightning and weather and earthquakes , the appropriate kind of human_action has been more adequately indicated .

Apparently the population as_a_whole eventually acquires enough confidence in the explanations of the scientists to modify its procedures and its fears .

Synonyms account explanation Related Terms statement reason definition justification interpretation deriving accounting exposition explication gloss walk-through simplification explanans explanandum report

2. explanation [ n ] thought that makes something comprehensible

Used in print:

(H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)

Welmers has suggested one explanation .

A second explanation is suggested by the material described in Rowlands ' paper .

(Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)

Wage price policies of industry are the result of a complex of forces - no single explanation has been found which applies to all cases .

While there may be several such industries to which the model of this paper is applicable , the authors make particular claim of relevance to the explanation of the course of wages and prices in the steel industry of the United_States since World_War_2 , .

Indeed , the apparent stiffening of the industry 's attitude in the recent steel strike has a direct explanation in_terms_of the model here presented .

Synonyms explanation Related Terms thinking theory key rationale interpretation rationalization natural_history basis

3. explanation [ n ] the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible
Examples: "I heard his explanation of the accident"

Synonyms explanation Related Terms speech_act elucidation explication excuse

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