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Metathesis

nounid 95045·updated May 18, 2026
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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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Variants

synonym
double decomposition
plural
Metathesises
possessive
Metathesis's
pluralpossessive
Metathesises'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§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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