Definition:Substitution (Formal Systems)/Metasymbol

Definition
Let $S_1$ be a statement form.

Let $p$ be a metasymbol which occurs one or more times in $S_1$.

Let $T$ be a statement.

Let $S_2$ be the string formed by replacing every occurrence of $p$ in $S_1$ with $T$.

Then $S_2$ results from the substitution of $p$ by $T$ in $S_1$.

$S_2$ is called a substitution instance of $S_1$.