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单词 metalepsy
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metalepsyn.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French métalepsie.
Etymology: < French métalepsie (J. B. A. Dumas 1839, in Comptes rendus de l'Acad. des Sciences 8 609) < ancient Greek μετάληψις (see metalepsis n.). Compare -lepsy comb. form. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·tălepsi) /ˈmɛtəlɛpsɪ/.
Chemistry. Obsolete. rare.
In the terminology of J. B. A. Dumas: chemical substitution (substitution n. 9).
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1840 J. Berzelius in London & Edinb. Philos. Mag. 16 2 M. Dumas has lately changed this word [sc. substitution] for another, which is very well chosen, metalepsie, signifying replacement.]
1840 London & Edinb. Philos. Mag. 16 2 (note) As precision in the use of terms is very important in the subject [of chemistry], is not metalepsy objectionable as signifying either participation or succession?
1852 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. VII. iv. 71 (heading) Substitution or metalepsy.
1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Metalepsy, Dumas' term for the substitution theory in chemistry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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