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Metathesis

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Noun

1. metathesis

a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence

2. double decomposition, double decomposition reaction, metathesis

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Metathesis

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noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)
1. 
the transposition of two sounds or letters in a word
2. chemistry another name for double decomposition

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Metathesis

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nounWord forms: plural meˈtatheˌses (məˈtæθəˌsiz ; mətat hˈəsēzˌ)
transposition or interchange
; specif.,
a. 
the transposition of sounds in a word or between words
“clasp” developed from Middle English “clapse” by metathesis; spoonerisms are examples of metathesis
b.  Chemistry
the interchange of elements or radicals between compounds, as when two compounds react with each other to form two new compounds

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Metathesis

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n. pl. me·tath·e·ses (-sēz′)
1. Linguistics Transposition within a word of letters, sounds, or syllables, as in the change from Old English brid to modern English bird or in the confusion of modren for modern.
2. Chemistry Double displacement.

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