1. A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
   "the explanation was very simple"
   - account 
2. Thought that makes something comprehensible 
3. The act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible
   "I heard his explanation of the accident"

Derived forms: explanations

See also: explain

Type of: cerebration, intellection, mentation, speech act, statement, thinking, thought, thought process

Encyclopedia: Explanation

• eighty-five
• eighty-four
• eighty-nine
• eighty-one
• eighty-seven
• eighty-six
• eighty-three
• eighty-two
• Eijkman
• Eileen Farrell
• eimeria
• Eimeriidae
• eina
• Eindhoven
• Einstein
• Einstein's general theory of relativity
• Einstein's special theory of relativity
• Einstein's theory of relativity
• Einsteinian
• einsteinium
• Einthoven
• Eira
• Eira barbara
• Eire
• eirenic