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Metathesis

noun

(pl. metatheses)

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

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, double decomposition reaction.

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"Metathesis" Quotes from Famous Books

... ambassadors, Sukchu, in exact correspondence with the reading we have adopted for the name of the city, whilst the Russian Envoy Boikoff, in the 17th century, calls it "Suktsey, where the rhubarb grows"; and Anthony Jenkinson, in Hakluyt, by a slight metathesis, Sowchick. Suhchau lies just within the extreme north-west angle of the Great Wall. It was at Suhchau that Benedict Goes was detained, waiting for leave to go on to Peking, eighteen weary months, and there he died ...

— The Travels of Marco Polo Volume 1 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa

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