metathesis

Noun

Meaning

Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager.

A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body.

The act, process, or result of exchange, substitution, or replacement of atoms and radicals; thus, by metathesis an acid gives up all or part of its hydrogen, takes on an equivalent amount of a metal or base, and forms a salt.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

double decomposition double decomposition reaction dicker trade transposition exchange transfer truck displacement convection permutation interchange apostrophe exclamation antithesis
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Antonyms

quiet certainty stagnation

Hypernyms

reaction chemical reaction linguistic process

Hyponyms

double replacement reaction

Related terms

metathetic metathesize

Derivatives

metatheses

Examples

15 The Mongolian forms "may suggest an original proto-form" /lʲadi/ or /ladi/ "with dissimilation or metathesis in" Proto-Mongolic (Starostin et al. 2003:224). Source: Internet

A metathesis occurs in the numeral "four". Source: Internet

The French chaise longue ("long chair") became the American " chaise lounge " by metathesis (transposition of letters and/or sounds). Source: Internet

These are derived from the syllable cluster alb undergoing metathesis within Slavic to lab and reborrowed in that form into Albanian. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

metathesaurus metatheses metathesiophobia metathesise metathesize metathetic