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