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me·tath·e·sis  (m-tth-ss)

n. pl. me·tath·e·ses (-sz)

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.

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

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meta·thetic (mt-thtk), meta·theti·cal adj.

meta·theti·cal·ly adv.

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metathesis [mit-tath-iss-iss, -seez]

Noun

pl -ses the transposition of two sounds or letters in a word [Greek metatithenai to transpose]

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