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me·tath·e·sis
\mə̇ˈtathəsə̇s\ noun
(plural metathe·ses \-ˌsēz\)
Etymology: Late Latin transposition of letters, from Greek, from metatithenai to transpose, from meta- + tithenai to place, set — more at do
1. : a change of place or condition : reversal; specifically : transposition of two phonemes in a word (as in Old English wæsp, wæps)
2. : double decomposition |