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quantitative metatheses

quantitative metatheses is the plural of quantitative metathesis.

Meaning of quantitative metathesis

Noun

quantitative metathesis (countable and uncountable, plural quantitative metatheses)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    transfer of quantity

Questions about quantitative metatheses

What is quantitative metatheses the plural of?
Quantitative metatheses is the plural of quantitative metathesis.

Words near quantitative metatheses in the dictionary

  1. quantitative analysts
  2. quantitative easing
  3. quantitative easings
  4. quantitative genetics
  5. quantitative linguistics
  6. quantitative metatheses
  7. quantitative metathesis
  8. quantitative research
  9. quantitative researches
  10. quantitatively
  11. quantitativeness

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