имя существительное [множественное число] metatheses 1) [лингвистика] метатеза (перестановка звуков и слогов на основе процессов ассимиляции и диссимиляции) 2) [химия] обмен, реакция обмена
noun (plural metatheses) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, from metatithenai to transpose, from meta- + tithenai to place — more at do a change of place or condition: as a. transposition of two phonemes in a word (as in the development of crud from curd or the pronunciation [ˈpər-tē] for pretty) b. a chemical reaction in which different kinds of molecules exchange parts to form other kinds of molecules • metathetical or metathetic adjective • metathetically adverb