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metathesis has definitions from the fields of chemistry,linguistics
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[ noun ] (linguistics) a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence

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linguistic_process

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

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double_decomposition_reaction double_decomposition

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chemical_reaction double_replacement_reaction

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