Search Result for "double_decomposition":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB);
[syn: double decomposition, double decomposition reaction, metathesis]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

double decomposition
    n 1: a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of
         each are interchanged to form two new compounds
         (AB+CD=AD+CB) [syn: double decomposition, double
         decomposition reaction, metathesis]