analysans Philos.
(əˌnælɪˈzænz)
[f. analyse v. + -ans (L. pres. pple. termination).]
The clarifying expression, in a philosophical analysis; the concept signified by such an expression.
| 1944 Mind LIII. 73 He suspects that the statement of an analysis must, in some sense, be about the expressions used for the analysandum and the analysans, as well as about these concepts. 1960 [see analysandum]. |