METATHESIS
Scrabble letter values: M3E1T1A1T1H4E1S1I1S1 = 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