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substitution

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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.

The state of being substituted for another.

The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.

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.

The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his sufferings were expiatory.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help Source: Internet

Addition of oxygen reduces electron density on the nitrogen atom and promotes substitution at the 2- and 4-carbons. Source: Internet

Addressing the Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of India, MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari said that there is a need to focus on import substitution to replace foreign imports with domestic production. Source: Internet

After a fracture, woven bone forms initially and is gradually replaced by lamellar bone during a process known as "bony substitution." Source: Internet

Again, these would be considered tools that are being used for their unintended purposes, substitution as makeshift. Source: Internet

A hardware security module may also be part of a computer (for example an ATM ) that operates inside a locked safe to deter theft, substitution, and tampering. Source: Internet

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