explanandum Philos.
(ɛkspləˈnændəm)
Pl. explananda.
[L., neut. of gerundive of explānāre: see explain v.]
The thing to be explained. Cf. explicandum.
| 1892 Academy 6 Aug. 114/2 Whenever a psychical explanandum is run to earth in some feature of nerve structure or function, the pursuit is over. 1948, 1962 [see explanans]. 1964 I. Scheffler Anat. Inquiry 29 This account construes every explanation as consisting of an explanandum..and an explanans. |