Metathesis
nounid
95045·updated May 18, 2026verified
a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)
polysemous
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- double decomposition
- plural
- Metathesises
- possessive
- Metathesis's
- pluralpossessive
- Metathesises'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)
- §2
- a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence
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