Synonyms for metathesis
məˈtæθ ə sɪs; -ˌsiz; ˈkʌmf tər bəlmetathe·sis

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1. metathesisnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   double decomposition reaction, double decomposition

2. double decomposition, double decomposition reaction, metathesisnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   double decomposition reaction, double decomposition

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1. • Chemical Reaction
   • Linguistic Process

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