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me·tath·e·sis    Audio Help   [muh-tath-uh-sis] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ses    Audio Help   [-seez] Pronunciation Key.
1.the transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word, as in the pronunciation    Audio Help   [kuhmf-ter-buhl] Pronunciation Key for comfortable or (aks) for ask.
2.Chemistry. double decomposition.
[Origin: 1600–10; < LL: transposition of letters of a word < Gk metáthesis transposition. See meta-, thesis]

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met·a·thet·ic    Audio Help   [met-uh-thet-ik] Pronunciation Key, met·a·thet·i·cal, adjective
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