metathesis

名词 metathesis:

1. a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence
2. a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)
   同义词：double decomposition, double decomposition reaction

me.tath.e.sis

n.（名词）
【复数】 me.tath.e.ses[-sôz.]
Linguistics Transposition within a word of letters, sounds, or syllables, as in the change from Old Englishbrid to modern English bird or in the confusion of modren for modern.
【语言学】 换位：一个字中字母、音、或音节的变换，如现代英语的bird 是由古英语的 brid 换位而成，或在 modren 和 modern 两字间的转换情况中
Chemistry Double decomposition.
【化学】 复分解

来源：
Late Latin
后期拉丁语
from Greek
源自 希腊语
from metatithenai [to transpose]
源自 metatithenai [变换]
meta- [meta-]
meta- [前缀，表示.转换、转变.]
tithenai [to place] * see dhô-
tithenai [放置] *参见 dhô-

【引伸】
met.athet.ic
met.athet.ically
adv.（副词）