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) | ||
Synonyms | double decomposition, double decomposition reaction | ||
Broader (hypernym) | chemical reaction, reaction | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | double replacement reaction | ||