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English noun: metathesis

1. metathesis (process) a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence


Broader (hypernym)linguistic process

2. metathesis (process) a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)


Synonymsdouble decomposition, double decomposition reaction


Broader (hypernym)chemical reaction, reaction


Narrower (hyponym)double replacement reaction









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