Word Type

Noun

The word "metathesis" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

antimetathesis crossmetathesis olefin metathesis quantitative metathesis self-metathesis

Context

inorganic chemistry organic chemistry phonetics prosody

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

chemical reaction linguistic process reaction

Type Of (IsA)

linguistic process

Related Terms

metathesize metathetic spoonerism

Related Terms

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

Synonym Network

double decomposition

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