metathesis

me·tath·e·sis

 (mĭ-tăth′ĭ-sĭs)

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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[Late Latin, from Greek, from metatithenai, to transpose : meta-, meta- + tithenai, to place; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

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met′a·thet′ic (mĕt′ə-thĕt′ĭk), met′a·thet′i·cal adj.

met′a·thet′i·cal·ly adv.

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metathesis

(mɪˈtæθəsɪs)

n, pl -ses (-ˌsiːz)

1. (Linguistics) the transposition of two sounds or letters in a word

2. (Chemistry) chem another name for double decomposition

[C16: from Late Latin, from Greek, from metatithenai to transpose]

metathetic, ˌmetaˈthetical adj

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me•tath•e•sis

(məˈtæθ ə sɪs)

n., pl. -ses (-ˌsiz)

the transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word, as in the pronunciation (ˈkʌmf tər bəl) for comfortable or (aks) for ask.

[1600–10; < Late Latin: transposition of letters of a word < Greek metáthesis transposition]

met•a•thet•ic (ˌmɛt əˈθɛt ɪk) met`a•thet′i•cal, adj.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	metathesis - a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence linguistic process - a process involved in human language
	2.	metathesis - a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB) double decomposition, double decomposition reaction chemical reaction, reaction - (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water" double replacement reaction - a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound

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Translations

metátesis

métathèse

metatesi

metathesis

[meˈtæθəsɪs] N (metatheses (pl)) [meˈtæθəˌsiːz] → metátesis f inv

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metathesis

n pl <metatheses> → Metathese f, → Metathesis f

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