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What does substitution mean?

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Noun
  1. the act of substituting or the state of being substituted
  2. a substitute or replacement
  3. (chemistry) (especially in organic chemistry) the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
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These models directly infer phylogeny by using only the substitution distances of the scalar.
There's also a pretty good chance that we could have a last minute substitution for the cranberry relish.
The most common substitution muscles are the biceps, triceps, deltoid and neck muscles.
This package contains a number of substitution models for nucleotides and RNA base pairs.
The most common substitution reactions of compounds of non-metallic elements are nucleophilic and electrophilic substitution.
Zhu Ke, the writer, said the substitution of the lash for crueler corporal punishments revealed a forward movement of civilization.

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