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

1 sense of double replacement reaction

Sense 1
double replacement reaction -- (a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound)
       => 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))