metalepsy
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μετάληψις (metálēpsis). Compare metalepsis.
Noun
metalepsy (uncountable)
- (chemistry, archaic) Exchange; replacement; substitution; metathesis.
References
- “metalepsy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.