Associations to the word «Metathesis»
Noun
- Polymerization
- Catalyst
- Consonant
- Vowel
- Phoneme
- Deletion
- Monomer
- Syllable
- Reaction
- Synthesis
- Closing
- Assimilation
- Reagent
- Phonology
- Anion
- Ge
- Nobel
- Ring
- Methane
- Yves
- Precursor
- Sodium
- Hume
- Coupling
- Linguistic
- Carbon
- Salt
- Polymer
- Morphology
- Potassium
- Chemistry
- Cluster
- Linguistics
- Sigma
- Bond
- Oxidation
- Dialect
- Switching
- Yield
- Noun
- Chemist
- Compound
- Complex
- Verb
- Mechanism
- Reactor
- Stem
- Sound
- Process
- Formation
- Alcohol
- Molecule
- Sequence
- Segment
- Phenomenon
- Preparation
- Language
- Word
Adjective
Wiktionary
METATHESIS, noun. (phonetics) (prosody) The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/.
METATHESIS, noun. (inorganic chemistry) The double decomposition of inorganic salts.
METATHESIS, noun. (organic chemistry) The breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped.
Dictionary definition
METATHESIS, noun. A linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence.
METATHESIS, noun. A chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB).
Wise words
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before
you let it fall.