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What is the adjective for metathesis?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs metathesize and metathesise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

metathetic
  1. (linguistics) Exhibiting metathesis.
  2. Examples:
    1. “There is a great deal of debate as to whether or not stimuli that are part of a metathetic continuum can be explained by the Power Law.”
      “The present invention relates to a heterogenic rhenium containing catalyst suited particularly to the metathetic reactions of hydrocarbons.”
      “It is suggested here that metathetic continua may not be amenable to investigation as relative class concepts.”
metathetical
  1. (linguistics) Exhibiting metathesis.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Now it is certainly possible to rig up such a metathetical reaction where the ions change partners and both precipitate!”
      “Both thermal and metathetical polymerization of bisnadimides was carried out.”
      “The metathetical process to generate isocyanates allows also for facile formation of sterically demanding aryl isocyanide, by a deoxygenation route.”
metathesized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of metathesize
metathesizing
  1. present participle of metathesize
metathesised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of metathesise
metathesising
  1. present participle of metathesise
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