(phonetics, prosody) The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/. / (inorganic chemistry) The double decomposition of inorganic salts.

(prosody) A form of metathesis or transposition involving quantity or vowel length, by which two neighboring vowels – one long, one short – switch their lengths, so that the long one becomes short, and the short one becomes long.

(organic chemistry) A class of organic reaction in which fragments of alkenes are redistributed

(organic chemistry) Any metathesis reaction in which both double bonds are part of the same molecule.

simple past tense and past participle of metathesise

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metathesise

present participle of metathesise

Alternative form of metathesize