Substitution
[sʌbstɪ'tjuːʃn] or [,sʌbstə'tjʊʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: 'he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help'.
(noun.) an event in which one thing is substituted for another; 'the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood'.
Checked by Bonnie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium.
(n.) The state of being substituted for another.
(n.) The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.
(n.) The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him.
(n.) The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his sufferings were expiatory.
(n.) The act or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical; metethesis; also, the state of being so substituted. See Metathesis.
Checker: Sondra
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Exchange, COMMUTATION.
Editor: Ronda
Examples
- The only important improvement made in it during that long term of service was the substitution of the percussion cap for the flint lock. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Lighthouses are also distinguished from those of preceding centuries by the substitution of iron and cast steel for masonry. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The substitution is the more subtle because some meaning is recognized. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In the case of the Darlington substitution scandal it was of use to me, and also in the Arnsworth Castle business. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The work is much quickened by the substitution of steam power, water power, or even horse power for manual labor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These interesting phases of development of the old chemistry have been followed by the new theory of substitution, by Dumas and others. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This prevents the substitution of one piece of paper for another piece without detection. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Such boxes permit of the disappearance or substitution of objects that are not very thick, such as a note, an image, or a card. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The last few years have witnessed a remarkable advance in the manufacture of incandescent lamps in the substitution of metallic filaments for those of carbon. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- An important step was the substitution of what is called the force feed for the gravity feed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This is a very surprising substitution. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The next step of importance after the blast furnace was the substitution of coke for coal for the reduction of the ore, which was introduced by Abraham Darby, about 1750. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The substitution of wood for rags has made possible the daily issue of newspapers, for the making of which sufficient material would not otherwise have been available. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Such is the meaning of what is sometimes called the substitution of inductive experimental methods of knowing for deductive. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The administration of mutton instead of medicine, the substitution of Tea for Joe, and the baker for bacon, were among the mildest of my own mistakes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And whether it is negro slavery or a vicious sexual bondage, the actual advance comes from substitutions injected into society by dynamic social forces. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Ronda