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metathesis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Metathesis  \Me*tath"e*sis\,  n.;  pl  {Metatheses}.  [L.,  fr  Gr 
  meta`thesis,  fr  metatithe`nai  to  place  differently,  to 
  transpose;  meta`  beyond,  over  +  tithe`nai  to  place  set  See 
  {Thesis}.] 
  1.  (Gram.)  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  metathesis 
  n  1:  a  linguistic  process  of  transposition  of  sounds  or  syllables 
  within  a  word  or  words  within  a  sentence 
  2:  a  chemical  reaction  between  two  compounds  in  which  parts  of 
  each  are  interchanged  to  form  two  new  compounds  [syn:  {double 
  decomposition}] 




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