(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.

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

(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

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