metathesis

/muh-tath-uh-sis/US // məˈtæθ ə sɪs //UK // (mɪˈtæθəsɪs) //

复分解,复合物,复分解作用,复分法

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural me·tath·e·ses [muh-tath-uh-seez]. /məˈtæθ əˌsiz/.
- : the transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word, as in the pronunciation [kuhmf-ter-buhl] /ˈkʌmf tər bəl/ for comfortable or [aks] /æks/ for ask.
- : Chemistry. double decomposition.

Metathesis of r is seen in undren 205, in loruerde 103 the scribe has added r by anticipation.
The living speech is further characterized by innumerable cases of consonantal metathesis and by parasitic nasalization.
It seems probable that the word asp in river-names is formed by metathesis from the word aps, p. 27, form 5.
Mo and do are here changed, by Metathesis and the substitution of one broad vowel for another, into am and ad.
Sometimes he lightened the pronunciation by metathesis, as he did when he pronounced interpretor as interpertor.