English-Thai Dictionary
metathesis
N การสับ เสียง transmutation trans kan-sab-siang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
METATHESIS
n.[Gr. over, and to set. ] 1. Transposition; a figure by which the letters or syllables of a word are transposed; as pistris for pristis.
2. In medicine, a change or removal of a morbid cause, without expulsion.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
METATHESIS
Me *tath "e *sis, n.; pl. Metatheses (. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. meta `thesis, fr. metatithe `nai to place differently, to transpose; meta ` beyond, over + tithe `nai to place, set. See Thesis. ]
1. (Gram. )
Defn: Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager.
2. (Med. )
Defn: A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body.
3. (Chem. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
metathesis
me tath e sis |məˈtaTHəsəs məˈtæθəsəs | ▶noun ( pl. metatheses |-ˌsēz | ) 1 Grammar the transposition of sounds or letters in a word. 2 (also metathesis reaction ) Chemistry a reaction in which two compounds exchange ions, typically with precipitation of an insoluble product. Also called double decomposition. DERIVATIVES met a thet ic |ˌmetəˈTHetik |adjective, met a thet i cal |ˌmetəTHetikəl |adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Greek, from metatithenai ‘transpose, change the position of. ’
Oxford Dictionary
metathesis
metathesis |mɪˈtaθɪsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. metatheses |-siːz | ) 1 [ mass noun ] Grammar the transposition of sounds or letters in a word. 2 (also metathesis reaction ) Chemistry another term for double decomposition. DERIVATIVES metathetic |ˌmɛtəˈθɛtɪk |adjective, metathetical |mɛtəˈθɛtɪk (ə )l |adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Greek, from metatithenai ‘transpose, change the position of ’.
Duden Dictionary
Metathesis
Me ta the sis Substantiv, feminin Sprachwissenschaft , die Metathese |Met a thesis |die Metathesis; Genitiv: der Metathesis, Plural: die Metathesen lateinisch metathesis < griechisch metáthesis Lautumstellung in einem Wort z. B. Born –Bronn
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