explicans Philos.
(ɛksplɪˈkænz)
[L., pres. pple. of explicāre: see explicate v.]
The explanatory part of an explanation; in the analysis or explication of a concept or expression, the part that gives the meaning. (Opp. explicandum.)
| 1882 [see explicand]. 1953 R. B. Braithwaite Sci. Explan. x. 321 The explicans in such an explanation is an event. |