/mə.ˈtæ.θə.sɪs/► audioScrabble 15Words With Friends 15
Definition
noun a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence.
noun 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