me·tath·e·sis (m -t th -ss)n. pl. me·tath·e·ses (-s  z ) 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 decomposition. [Late Latin, from Greek, from metatithenai, to transpose : meta-, meta- + tithenai, to place; see dh - in Indo-European roots.]met a·thetic (m t -thtk), meta·theti·cal adj.met a·theti·cal·ly adv. |
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