Thesaurus: metathesis

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1. n. word/transposition">Transposition, as of the word/letters">letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager.
2. n. A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body.
3. n. 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.
4. n. a word/linguistic">linguistic word/process">process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence
5. n. a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)
6. 1. (word/gram">Gram.) word/transposition">Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager. 2. (Med.) A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body. 3. (Chem.) 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.
7. word/transposition">Transposition, as of the word/letters">letters or syllables of a word; as,pistris for pristis; meagre for meager.
8. n. a word/linguistic">linguistic word/process">process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence