metathesis English

Meaning metathesis meaning

What does metathesis mean?

metathesis

— noun a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence

— noun (= double decomposition) a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)

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metathesis English » English

transposition

double decomposition

displacement

permutation

double decomposition reaction

transmutation

translocation

transfer

trans

substitution

substitute

replacement

replace

relegation

aubstitute