metathesis

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	chemical reaction, reaction,
definition	:	(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others (noun.process)

hyponym	:	double replacement reaction,
definition	:	a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound (noun.process)

2. a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence (noun.process)

hypernym	:	linguistic process,
definition	:	a process involved in human language (noun.process)