Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun double_decomposition

1 sense of double decomposition

Sense 1
double decomposition, double decomposition reaction, metathesis -- (a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB))
       => chemical reaction, reaction -- ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water")