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Metathesis

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Word	Definition
double decompositionnoun	(chemistry) a reaction between two substances in which two parts of each substance are exchanged; metathesis

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Metathesis"

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Word	Definition
double decompositionnoun	(chemistry) a reaction between two substances in which two parts of each substance are exchanged; metathesis
closingnoun	The act by which something is closed.
olefinnoun	(organic chemistry) Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond.
ecthlipsisnoun	(phonology) The dropping out or suppression of a consonant from a word, with or without a vowel.
apheresisnoun	(medicine, specific, still current) The removal of blood from a patient, and the removal of certain components (such as platelets) from that blood, followed by the transfusion of the filtered blood back to the donor (patient).
metatonynoun	(linguistics) A change in syllabic intonation, typically in Baltic and Slavonic languages
anaclasisnoun	reflection or refraction of light or sound.
chain shiftnoun	(linguistics, phonology) A phonological modification of a vowel system or sometimes consonant system in which a change in a particular vowel or consonant causes other adjacent vowels or consonants to also change in order to avoid phonemic mergers.
synæresisnoun	Alternative spelling of synaeresis. [(prosody, phonetics, poetry) The contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel.]
epithesisnoun	(medicine) The surgical correction of deformity or of crooked limbs.
inverse spellingnoun	(linguistics) A spelling that is not etymological, arising from a merger between a phoneme in the spelled word and a different phoneme.
timesisnoun	(rare) Alternative spelling of tmesis. [(prosody) The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.]
æ-tensingnoun	(phonology) a process that occurs almost ubiquitously in North American English in which the phoneme /æ/ is raised and lengthened or diphthongized in certain or all environments.
schwebeablautnoun	(Indo-European studies) The phenomenon or process of metathesis in a Proto-Indo-European root between the vowel and a neighbouring sonorant, which led to both possible full grades existing, e.g. grebʰ- and gerbʰ-.
synaeresisnoun	(prosody, phonetics, poetry) The contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel.
aphthongnoun	(phonology, archaic) A letter or combination of letters employed in spelling a word but not pronounced; a silent letter or polygraph
elisionnoun	(linguistics) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.
stem mutation	—
syneresisnoun	Alternative spelling of synaeresis. [(prosody, phonetics, poetry) The contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel.]
metagraphynoun	(linguistics, uncountable) Symbolism that has no counterpart in speech.