An explanation is a way of helping someone understand how a thing or a process works, or to make something clear. Explanations are used to answer questions, especially questions asking how or why. Explaining is giving an explanation, and explanatory is something meant to explain. Other words with this meaning are description, definition, reason, and answer.

Обяснение | Erklärung | Explanation | Explication | Verklaring (wetenschap) | Selittäminen