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Scrubstitution

When a sports team, most commonly basketball, knows a game is out of reach and subs in the bench warmers to play out the rest of the game.
Endicott knew the Scots had won so the coach went to Gary on his bench for a Scrubstitution.
by Mavericklax4 April 2, 2007
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scrubstitution

A player substitution at the very end of a basketball game in which one or several low-skilled players (the scrubs) get to enter the game. Generally this happens when the team the scrub is playing for is winning or losing by at least 20 points. Also known as "garbage time."
We're winning by forty points with 30 seconds left. Time for a scrubstitution!
by the Punster March 1, 2010
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ligand substitution

The act of replacing a ligand in a complex ion. This results in a change of colour of the complex ionic solution.
Rasta: What does ligand substitution do?
Me: Ligand substitution results in a different coloured solution!
by TheWizoid November 13, 2016
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A "Greg Scott" Substitution

Whilst playing Fifa online, pretending to make a substitution then quitting due to being one or more goals behind.
I was beating him 1-0 with 5 minutes left to go and he made "A "Greg Scott" Substitution"
by SomeRangersFan April 11, 2009
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substitution

5 foot Jen is paying for her college through substitution.
by Lori-Ann January 29, 2008
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pillow substitution

The act of switching pillow faces when a pillow becomes too warm due to absorption of the sleeper's body heat. This act can be accomplished by turning the pillow over, revealing the unused and cool side, or by getting a new pillow.
Last night I was pretty hot after doing my girlfriend. So my pillow got really hot and I couldn't fall asleep. That's when I pulled a pillow substitution. It was some tag-team, fresh action.
by juanch June 17, 2010
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substitution property

The idea that if a = b, then a may be replaced by b in any mathematical or algebraic expression.
If x = 3, then use 3 instead, its part of the substitution property.
by Charson Chick September 28, 2017
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