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What is substitution

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If your looking for a direct answer substitution is the action of replacing someone or something with another person or thing. But like the other guy said we need more context to the question.
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We need more context, but here are some definitions for substitution:

Substitution: the action of replacing someone or something with another person or thing.

Substitution effect: The substitution effect is the decrease in sales for a product that can be attributed to consumers switching to cheaper alternatives when its price rises.

But you asked this in chemistry so I think you may be looking for:

Substitution reaction: A substitution reaction is a chemical reaction during which one functional group in a chemical compound is replaced by another functional group. Substitution reactions are of prime importance in organic chemistry.

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