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noun

Metathesis n. (pl. metatheses)

(Gram.) Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager.

(Med.) A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body.

(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.

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Etymology of 'Metathesis'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... through the central plain of the island), from the Greek [Greek word]. If, then, we make the Pidasa Cypriotes we assume that pure Greek was spoken in Cyprus as early as 1100 b. c, which is highly improbable. The Pidasa were probably Le-leges (Pedasians); the name of Pisidia may be the same, by metathesis. Pedasos is a name always connected with the much wandering tribe of the Leleges, where-ever they are found in Lakonia or in Asia Minor. We believe them to have been known to the Egyptians as Pidasa. ...

— History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, And Assyria In The Light Of Recent Discovery • L.W. King and H.R. Hall

Words linked to "Metathesis" : chemical reaction, double decomposition reaction, linguistic process, reaction, double replacement reaction, double decomposition