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me·tath·e·sis M0249800 (mĭ-tăth′ĭ-sĭs)n. pl. me·tath·e·ses (-sēz′) 1. Linguistics Transposition within a word of letters, sounds, or syllables, as in the change from Old English brid to modern English bird or in the confusion of modren for modern.2. Chemistry Double displacement.
[Late Latin, from Greek, from metatithenai, to transpose : meta-, meta- + tithenai, to place; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
met′a·thet′ic (mĕt′ə-thĕt′ĭk), met′a·thet′i·cal adj.met′a·thet′i·cal·ly adv.metathesis (mɪˈtæθəsɪs) n, pl -ses (-ˌsiːz) 1. (Linguistics) the transposition of two sounds or letters in a word2. (Chemistry) chem another name for double decomposition[C16: from Late Latin, from Greek, from metatithenai to transpose] metathetic, ˌmetaˈthetical adjme•tath•e•sis (məˈtæθ ə sɪs)
n., pl. -ses (-ˌsiz) the transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word, as in the pronunciation (ˈkʌmf tər bəl) for comfortable or (aks) for ask. [1600–10; < Late Latin: transposition of letters of a word < Greek metáthesis transposition] met•a•thet•ic (ˌmɛt əˈθɛt ɪk) met`a•thet′i•cal, adj. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | metathesis - a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentencelinguistic process - a process involved in human language | | 2. | metathesis - a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)double decomposition, double decomposition reactionchemical reaction, reaction - (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water"double replacement reaction - a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound |
TranslationsmetátesismétathèsemetatesiMetathesisenUK
metathesis[mə′tath·ə·səs] (chemistry) A reaction involving the exchange of elements or groups as in the general equation AX + BY → AY + BX. Metathesis one of the types of combinative sound changes, consisting of the transposition of sounds or syllables within a word. Metathesis is found: - In historical phonetic changes; for example, Russian lo- replaced Common Slavic ol- at the beginning of a word, as in Old Russian lodiia, “boat.”
- In the borrowing of words from other languages; for example, Ket garnitsa from Russian granitsa, “border.”
- In morphophonological alternations; for example, Georgian Su&qmetl, “fifteen” (not SquSmetl ), from qu&l, “five.”
Metathesis is especially common in substandard (colloquial or dialectal) speech; for example, Russian substandard perelinka for the standard pelerinka, “pelerine,” “cape,” by analogy with the prefix pere-. Metathesis may take place when sounds occur in close proximity (for example, Russian mramor from Latin marmor, “marble”) or when they occur at a distance (for example, Russian futliar from German Futteral, “case”). A special kind of metathesis is quantitative metathesis, whereby the quantitative characteristics (length) of sounds are exchanged, while their qualitative characteristics are retained (as in the Greek transformation of teos to teos). Metathesis is used in literature for humorous effects (for example, S. Marshak’s poem “How Absentminded He Is”). V. M. ZHIVOV metathesisenUK
metathesis [mĕ-tath´ĕ-sis] 1. artificial transfer of a morbid process.2. a chemical reaction in which an element or radical in one compound exchanges places with another element or radical in another compound.me·tath·e·sis (me-tath'ĕ-sis), 1. Transfer of a pathologic product (for example, a calculus) from one place to another where it causes less inconvenience or injury, when it is not possible or expedient to remove it from the body. 2. In chemistry, a double decomposition, wherein a compound, A-B, reacts with another compound, C-D, to yield A-C + B-D, or A-D + B-C. [meta- + G. thesis, a placing] me·tath·e·sis (me-tath'ĕ-sis) 1. Transfer of a pathologic product (e.g., a calculus) from one place to another where it causes less inconvenience or injury, when it is not possible or expedient to remove it from the body. 2. chemistry A double decomposition, wherein a compound, A-B, reacts with another compound, C-D, to yield A-C + B-D, or A-D + B-C. [meta- + G. thesis, a placing]metathesisenUK
Synonyms for metathesisnoun a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentenceRelated Wordsnoun a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)Synonyms- double decomposition
- double decomposition reaction
Related Words- chemical reaction
- reaction
- double replacement reaction
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