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Metathesis Moderate

Metathesis has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
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 (AB+CD=AD+CB)

3

The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
linguistic process chemical reaction
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
double replacement reaction
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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