metalepsy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μετάληψις (metálēpsis). Compare metalepsis.

Noun

metalepsy (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, archaic) Exchange; replacement; substitution; metathesis.

References

• “metalepsy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.