Metatheses Meaning

There are 2 meaning(s) for word Metatheses

Meaning 1 : 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
Meaning 2 : a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence