explicandum

1. 1.

   (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained

   Synonymsexplanandum

   Broaderstatement

   Part ofexplanation

   logic

Other forms of explicandum

plural

explicandums·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about explicandum

What does explicandum mean?

explicandum means "(logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained".

How many syllables are in explicandum?

explicandum has 4 syllables: ex-pli-can-dum. The stress falls on "pli".

What is another word for explicandum?

Close synonyms include explanandum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is explicandum a common word?

explicandum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.