Metathesis

//məˈtæ.θə.sɪs//

Synonyms for "metathesis" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

anabolism avatar catabolism catalysis communication conduction convection delivery displacement dissemination

Strong matches (14)

double decomposition export expulsion extradition hysteron proteron import interchange metabolism metamorphosis metastasis migration mutant

Noun(2 words)

double decomposition double decomposition reaction

Related words (23)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

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chemical reaction linguistic process reaction

Synonyms

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double decomposition

Related terms

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metathesize metathetic spoonerism

derived

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antimetathesis crossmetathesis olefin metathesis quantitative metathesis self-metathesis

has context

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inorganic chemistry organic chemistry phonetics prosody

is a

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linguistic process

related to

18 entries

breaking double bond double decomposition group inorganic letter metathesize metathetic olefin reforming salt sound spoonerism substituent swapped syllable

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Translations

46 translations across 32 languages.

Albanian

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vendkëmbim noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Ancient Greek

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μετάθεσις noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Arabic

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قَلْب مَكَانِيّ noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Armenian

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դրափոխություն noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Azerbaijani

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yerdəyişmə noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Breton

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metatezenn noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Bulgarian

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метате́за noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Catalan

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metàtesi noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Dutch

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letteromzetting noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)
metathese noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)
metathesis noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Finnish

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metateesi noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)
metateesi noun (the double decomposition of inorganic salts)
metateesi noun (the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped)
takaheitto noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

French

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métathèse noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Galician

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metátese noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

German

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Metathese noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Greek

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αντιμετάθεση noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Hungarian

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hangátvetés noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Icelandic

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hljóðavíxl noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)
stafavíxl noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Italian

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metatesi noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Japanese

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音位転換 noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Malay

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metatesis noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)
metatesis noun (the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped)

Nepali

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विपर्यय noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Old Norse

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stafasnúning noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Polish

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metateza noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)
metateza noun (the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped)
przestawka noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Portuguese

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dupla troca noun (the double decomposition of inorganic salts)
metátese noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)
metátese noun (the double decomposition of inorganic salts)

Romanian

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metateză noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Russian

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метате́за noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)
перестано́вка noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Scottish Gaelic

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eadar-chàradh noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Spanish

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metátesis noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Swedish

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metates noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)
stavelseväxling noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Tagalog

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metatesis noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Turkish

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göçüşme noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)
metatez noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Welsh

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trawsosodiad noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

Yoruba

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pàṣípààrọ̀ noun (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

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