metathesis

English - Turkish

Definition of metathesis in English Turkish dictionary

harf veya seslerin yer değiştirmesi

göçüşme

{i} şartların terine dönmesi

kim çift dekompozisyon

{ç} me.tath.e.ses (mıtäth'ısiz) i., dilb. göçüşme, yer değiştirme, metatez

(Tıp) Hastalık yapıcı sebebin sun'i olarak nakli

gram bir kelimede harf veya seslerin yer değiştirmesi

şartların tersine dönmesi

{i} harf ve seslerin yer değiştirmesi

metatez

English - English

Definition of metathesis in English English dictionary

the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped

the double decomposition of inorganic salts

the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/

{n} a transposition, removal, change

The act, process, or result of exchange, substitution, or replacement of atoms and radicals; thus, by metathesis an acid gives up all or part of its hydrogen, takes on an equivalent amount of a metal or base, and forms a salt

A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body

a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence

A figure of speech in which letters or syllables are transposed, as “You occupew my pie [py],” instead of “You occupy my pew;” daggle-trail for “draggle-tail,” etc

Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager

the process by which a new word is formed by transposing the letters, sounds, or syllables in an older word "Bird," an English word derived from the Old English word "brid" by the process of metathesis See also: anaptyxis, dissimilation, epenthesis, haplology, paragoge

a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)

The transposition of phonemes e g , OE hros, bridd, thridde > ModE horse, bird, third

{i} change of place or condition; transposition of sounds or letters in a word (Phonology)

Related Terms

self-metathesis

Any metathesis reaction in which both double bonds are part of the same molecule

metatheses

plural of metathesis

Hyphenation

me·tath·e·sis

Etymology

() From Late Latin metathesis, from Ancient Greek μετάθεσις (metáthesis), from μετά (meta, “among”) + θέσις (thesis, “placement”).